Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus [Suetonius]
69-130 AD
Trans RMBullard
Latin (Imperial Era)
SVETONI TRANQVILII VITA DIVI CLAVDI
[1] Patrem Claudi Caesaris Drusum, olim Decimum mox Neronem praenomine, Livia, cum Augusto gravida nupsisset, intra mensem tertium peperit,
[Livia, after she had married Augustus during her pregnancy, gave birth in her third trimester to Claudius Caesar's father, Drusus, whose first name was Decimus Nero,]
fuitque suspicio ex vitrico per adulterii consuetudinem procreatum.
[and it became a subject of suspicion that he had been fathered by his stepfather, out of his lusty habits.]
Statim certe vulgatus est versus:
[For certain, the verse was immediately published:]
Tois eutuchousi kai trimena paidia.
[τοις ευτυχουσι και τριμενα παιδια . ]
Is Drusus in quaesturae praeturaeque honore dux Raetici,
[This man Drusus was the general of the Rhaetian campaign during his office as quaestor and then praetor,]
deinde Germanici belli Oceanum septemtrionalem primus Romanorum ducum navigavit
[and then he was the first Roman general to navigate the North Sea during the German campaign,]
transque Rhenum fossas navi et immensi operis effecit,
[and he built across the Rhine through ships and immense construction,]
quae nunc adhuc Drusinae vocantur.
[which are now called to this day the Drusinae.]
