persuasive powers

And with a better result, we would probably have had more trouble persuading the people, but then again we would have had more persuasive powers had we been able to bring a better result home from Nice.

Und wir hätten wahrscheinlich mit einem besseren Ergebnis manchmal mehr Schwierigkeiten, die Bevölkerung zu überzeugen, aber wir hätten mehr Überzeugungskraft, hätten wir ein besseres Ergebnis von Nizza nach Hause bringen können.

By 65, however, it may well have been that Nero had serious doubts about his loyalty. After abandoning his position as advisor over the Emperor's protestations he had, it seemed, been fraternizing with the enemy as well. So Nero may have ordered the death of Seneca, an innocent man, fully convinced of his guilt, much as he had demanded Agrippina's death in 55 with a similar lack of concrete evidence; an event which had been averted only by the persuasive powers of Burrus.