Illud te, Tulle, moneo—I warn you, Tullus.
What is illud doing in this sentence? It doesn’t seem to be necessary.
Illud te, Tulle, moneo—I warn you, Tullus.
What is illud doing in this sentence? It doesn’t seem to be necessary.
Illud is a complement of moneo. “I admonish/warn you of this.” Moneo can take two accusative complements: (1) the person admonished/warned; and (2) the thing admonished/warned against, moneo aliquem aliquid. See Lewis and Short I(g) (this looks like a typo for I(c)):
http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.11:2125.lewisandshort