nuntiata interim etiam ceterorum exercituum defectione litteras prandenti sibi redditas concerpsit.

Meanwhile, when the revolt of the other armies had been announced, Nero tore up the letter delivered to him whilst he was eating breakfast.

sumpto a Locusta veneno et in auream pyxidem condito transiit in hortos Servilianos, et tribunos centurionesque praetorii de fugae societate temptavit.

With poison having been obtained from Locusta and when he had hidden it in a little golden box, he went across into the garden of Servilius and he urged the tribunes and the centurions of the praetorian guard to flee with him.

sed partim tergiversantibus, partim aperte detrectantibus, uno vero etiam proclamante: "usque adeone mori miserum est?" varie agitavit sed tandem obdormivit.

But with some of them being evasive, and others openly refusing, and indeed with one man even declaring: "At this point, is it so wretched a thing to die?" He was greatly distressed, but at last he fell asleep.

sic cogitatione in posterum diem dilata ad mediam fere noctem excitatus, ut comperit stationem militum recessisse,

Thus with the decision postponed to the following day, having been woken up about the middle of the night, when he discovered that the bodyguard of soldiers had withdrawn,

prosiluit e lecto misitque circum amicos, et quia nihil a quoquam renuntiabatur, ipse cum paucis hospitia singulorum adiit.

he jumped out of bed and he sent messengers around his friends, and because nothing was being reported back by anyone, he himself, with a few men, approached the lodgings of each person.

verum clausis omnium foribus, respondente nullo, in cubiculum rediit, unde iam et custodes diffugernt, direptis etiam strangulis, amota et pyxide veneni;

But with everyone's doors shut, and with no-one replying, he returned to his bedroom, from where his guards had also scattered, with even his bed-linen snatched away and his little box of poison removed;

ac statim Spiculum mumillionem vel quemlibet alium percussorem, cuius manu preiret, requisiit et nemine reperto:

and at once he searched for Spiculus the gladiator or some other murderer, by whose hand he might die, and with no-one having been found, he said:

"ergo ego", inquit, "nec amicum habeo nec inimicum?" procurritque, quasi praecipitaturus se in Tiberim.

"Therefore, do I have neither friend nor enemy?" And he rushed forward, as if to throw himself headlong into the river Tiber.

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Suetonius - Section J

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nuntiata interim etiam ceterorum exercituum defectione litteras prandenti sibi redditas concerpsit.	Meanwhile, when the revolt of the other armies had been announced, Nero tore up the letter delivered to him whilst he was eating breakfast.
sumpto a Locusta veneno et in auream pyxidem condito transiit in hortos Servilianos, et tribunos centurionesque praetorii de fugae societate temptavit.	With poison having been obtained from Locusta and when he had hidden it in a little golden box, he went across into the garden of Servilius and he urged the tribunes and the centurions of the praetorian guard to flee with him.
sed partim tergiversantibus, partim aperte detrectantibus, uno vero etiam proclamante: "usque adeone mori miserum est?" varie agitavit sed tandem obdormivit.	But with some of them being evasive, and others openly refusing, and indeed with one man even declaring: "At this point, is it so wretched a thing to die?" He was greatly distressed, but at last he fell asleep.
sic cogitatione in posterum diem dilata ad mediam fere noctem excitatus, ut comperit stationem militum recessisse,	Thus with the decision postponed to the following day, having been woken up about the middle of the night, when he discovered that the bodyguard of soldiers had withdrawn,
prosiluit e lecto misitque circum amicos, et quia nihil a quoquam renuntiabatur, ipse cum paucis hospitia singulorum adiit.	he jumped out of bed and he sent messengers around his friends, and because nothing was being reported back by anyone, he himself, with a few men, approached the lodgings of each person.
verum clausis omnium foribus, respondente nullo, in cubiculum rediit, unde iam et custodes diffugernt, direptis etiam strangulis, amota et pyxide veneni;	But with everyone's doors shut, and with no-one replying, he returned to his bedroom, from where his guards had also scattered, with even his bed-linen snatched away and his little box of poison removed;
ac statim Spiculum mumillionem vel quemlibet alium percussorem, cuius manu preiret, requisiit et nemine reperto:	and at once he searched for Spiculus the gladiator or some other murderer, by whose hand he might die, and with no-one having been found, he said:
"ergo ego", inquit, "nec amicum habeo nec inimicum?" procurritque, quasi praecipitaturus se in Tiberim.	"Therefore, do I have neither friend nor enemy?" And he rushed forward, as if to throw himself headlong into the river Tiber.

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