Convictam Messalinam et Silium; pares iterum accusandi causas esse [si Nero imperitaret]; Britannico successore nullum principi metum: at novercae insidiis domum omnem convelli, maiore flagitio, quam si inpudicitiam prioris coniugis reticuisset.
Messalina and Silius had received their condemnation'and there was again similar material for a similar charge. With the succession vested in Britannicus, the emperors person was safe; but the stepmothers plot aimed at overthrowing the whole imperial house'a darker scandal than would have resulted, if he had held his peace about the infidelities of her predecessor.
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