text_original: The complaints put into their mouths are those of men who chafed at the stern drill of camp after the pleasures of the capital, who found the strictness of the centurions hard to bear, and looked forward with despair to twenty years of service, remembering the higher pay of the favoured praetorians 212 The Earlier Empire, and their shorter term of years. The second was in the troublous year of 69, when so many rivals struggled for the post of honour.
text_transcription: THE COMPLAINTS PUT INTO THEIR MOUTHS ARE THOSE OF MEN WHO CHAFED AT THE STERN DRILL OF CAMP AFTER THE PLEASURES OF THE CAPITAL WHO FOUND THE STRICTNESS OF THE CENTURIONS HARD TO BEAR AND LOOKED FORWARD WITH DESPAIR TO TWENTY YEARS OF SERVICE REMEMBERING THE HIGHER PAY OF THE FAVORED PRAETORIANS AND THEIR SHORTER TERM OF YEARS THE SECOND WAS IN THE TROUBLOUS YEAR OF SIXTY NINE WHEN SO MANY RIVALS STRUGGLED FOR THE POST OF HONOR
phonemes: ðə kəmplˈeɪnts pˌʊt ˌɪntʊ ðɛɹ mˈaʊðz ɑːɹ ðoʊz ʌv mˈɛn hˌuː tʃˈeɪft æt ðə stˈɜːn dɹˈɪl ʌv kˈæmp ˈæftɚ ðə plˈɛʒɚz ʌvðə kˈæpɪɾəl, hˌuː fˈaʊnd ðə stɹˈɪktnəs ʌvðə sɛntʃˈʊɹɹiənz hˈɑːɹd tə bˈɛɹ, ænd lˈʊkt fˈɔːɹwɚd wɪð dᵻspˈɛɹ tə twˈɛnti jˈɪɹz ʌv sˈɜːvɪs, ɹᵻmˈɛmbɚɹɪŋ ðə hˈaɪɚ pˈeɪ ʌvðə fˈeɪvɚd pɹiːtˈɔːɹiənz tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛlv ðɪ ˈɜːlɪɚɹ ˈɛmpaɪɚ, ænd ðɛɹ ʃˈɔːɹɾɚ tˈɜːm ʌv jˈɪɹz. ðə sˈɛkənd wʌz ɪnðə tɹˈʌbləs jˈɪɹ ʌv sˈɪksti nˈaɪn, wˌɛn sˌoʊ mˈɛni ɹˈaɪvəlz stɹˈʌɡəld fɚðə pˈoʊst ʌv ˈɑːnɚ.