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What can you say about the line, "igitur domus principis inhorruit, maxime ei qui potentiam habebant timuerunt ne res verterentur: spem tamen habebant,si Claudio de atrocitate sceleris persuasissent, Messalinam posse opprimi sine quaestione damnatam; sed periculum esse ne ille defensionem audiret, neve clausae aures etiam confitenti non essent."?

Domus princips- Metaphor/personification, the imperial staff are worried, creates shock and alarm

Atrocitate- strong word

ne ille defensionem- first danger that he might listen to her

What can you say about the line, "Narcissus, occasiones quaerens, cum Caesar diu apud Ostiam moraretur, duas eius paelices largitone et promisis perpulit delationem subire."?

Paelices- double standards in Roman times

What can you say about the line, "exim Calpurnia (id laritone paelici nomen), ubi daum est secretum, ad genua Caesaris provoluta nupsisse Messalinam Silio exclamat; altera paelice haec confirmante, Calpurnia cieri Narcissum postulat."?

Provoluta- dramatic word

What can you say about the line, "qui "discidiumne tuum' inquit 'novisti? nam matrimonium Silii vidit populus et senatus et milites; ac nisi celeriter agis, tenet urbem maritus."?

populus et senatus et milites- tricolon with increasing threat emphasising and stressing how everyone knows about the scandal

ac nisi celeriter agis- creates tension

tenet- present tense heightens drama and adds immideicy