Clemens tries to impersonate the dead Agrippa, but is caught and executed by the emperor Tiberius

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Clemens tries to impersonate the dead Agrippa,
but is caught and executed by the emperor Tiberius
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• Agrippa in exilio insulam remotam habitabat sed
  Tiberius princeps credebat eum summum imperium
  sib petere itaque centurionem ad eam insulam
  misit qui Agrippam interfecit.
• Agrippa was living in exile in a remote island
  but the emperor Tiberius believed that he was
  seeking the highest power for himself therefore,
  he sent a centurion to that island to kill
  Agrippa.
• unus tamen e servis Agrippae, Clemens nomine,
  simillimus erat domino mortuo et aetate et forma.
  hic servus consilium audacissimum cepit
• However, one of Agrippas slaves, Clemens by
  name, was very similar to his dead master in both
  age and appearance. This slave conceived a very
  daring plan.

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• cineres Agrippae abstulit ut indicium mortis
  deleret tum ad Italiam navigavit ubi paucos
  menses se celabat dum barbam capillosque satis
  longos haberet ut Agrippa essevideretur.
• He stole the ashes of Agrippa in order to destroy
  any evidence of his death then he sailed to
  Italy where he hid himself for a few months until
  his beard and hair were long enough that he
  seemed to be Agrippa.
• tandem rumorem emisit Agrippam auxilio deorum
  servatum iam vivere. quo rumore in omnes partes
  diffuso, Romam ipse profectus est ut populum
  contra Tiberium excitaret.
• At last he sent out a rumour that Agrippa having
  been saved by the help of the gods, was still
  alive. When this rumour had spread to all parts,
  he himself set off for Rome in order to incite
  the people against Tiberius.

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• his rumores permotus, Tiberius duos clientes
  delegit et hortatus est ut Clementi, quasi amici
  essent, pecuniam auxiliumque offerent.
• Alarmed by thes rumours, Tiberius chose two
  clients and encouraged them to offer Clemens
  money and help as if they were his friends.
• illi clientes, benigne accepti, manum militum
  arcessiverunt qui Clementem vinctum ad Palatium
  traxerunt. ibi iussu Tiberii interfectus et
  sepultus est.
• These clients, having been kindly received,
  summoned a band of soldiers to put Clemens into
  chains and drag him to the Palatine. There he was
  executed by the order of Tiberius and buried.