Messalina lines 56-69

Narcissus tamen obstrepuit

Narcissus, however, shouted her down

Silium et nuptias referens

Referring to Silius and the marriage

Simul codicillos lividium indices tradidit

At the same time, he handed over a writing tablet as proof of her lusts

Quibus visus Caesaris averteret

With which he might turn Caesar's gaze away

Nec multo post

Not long afterwards

Urbem ingredienti offerebantur liberi

The children were presented to Claudius as he was entering the city

Sed Narcissus amoveri eos iussit

But Narcissus ordered them to be taken away

Mirum inter haec silentium Claudii

Amidst these events, Claudius' silence was surprising

Omnia liberto oboediebat

In everything he obeyed the freedman

Qui contionem militum in castris paravit

Who prepared a meeting of the soldiers in the camp

Apud eos praemonente

In their presence

Narcisso princeps pauca verba fecit

With Narcissus giving a warning beforehand, the emperor spoke a few words

Continuus dehinc clamor militum nomina reorum et poenas flagitantium

Then there was a continuous shouting of the soldiers demanding the names of the guilty people and the punishments

Ductus Silius ad tribunal non defensionem, non moras temptavit

Silius, brought to the tribunal, did not attempt a defence or delaying tactics

Sed precatus est ut mors acceleraretur

But begged that his death might be hastened

Interim Messalina Lucullianis in hortis prolatare vitam

Meanwhile Messalina prolonged her life in the gardens of Lucullus

Componere preces

Composed a petition

Nonnulla spe et ira

With some hope and anger

Tantam superbiam etiam tum gerebat

Even then, she displayed such great arrogance

Ac nisi caeden eius Narcissus properavisset

And if Narcissus had not hastened her slaughter

Vertisset pernicies in accusatorem

Destruction would have turned onto the accuser