Agricola and Germania

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17 color est that is, ali the cohoris os Batavians and w of Tungri. The Batavi lived in the Insula Batavorum formed by the two great brancheSof the Rhinein the N. and . and the ea n the . O the Tungri

se Germ. . .

I exercita aJ SC est, elsewhere is sed of the person practised in athing, here os the thing in hicli a persones practised. inhabileJ awhward, again an unusual applicationis the word Whicli generali has resere e to the subjectio to the objeci.

tolerabant with an inanimate subjec is a late se. et erigore es C. 18 L 3Ι. 2 aemularione .conisari roused by emulation to vigorous united effort.'

apparentinis that the cavato caused Some consternation in the enem atfirs by thei attach, ut presently go into didiculties, ein entangled in the dense masses of the enemy, and impeded by the unevennes of theground and caused trouble also to theiriwn insaniry. 3 pugnae facies a laterus Osfacies beginning illi Vergil, cf. Aen. I.

cum aeneac. the dimovit of the ascent Was increaSed by pressure stom the cavato horses bellind. See notes on text. 3 et tulerat pips os repeate actio aster quicunque, quo ira, ut quisque&α, Se Rob L. G. II. 3I3 cf. Liv XXI. et ut cuiusque ora Exci erat, alacer arma raptim capiebat transversos in flank obvios in front.'

CHAPΤER XXXVII. 24. r adhucJ soriar, os a state os things belonging only to the pastandiso includin the present fra ad id tempus), frequent in Liv and

Tacitus Sp. illi adjectives an participies rarely, is ver, ound in Cicero. Hand TurSell. I. 6O. insederantJ Iad been occupying. Tacui pregnant se m securi a their ase, generali used With Somequalification to indicate the meaning.

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3 coegerant, ni J ,ere beginning, hen C., cs. c. 4 l. I9. stibi a besti emergencies, cf. Liv VI. 32.6 adcucurrerantJ Cf. C. 36 l. 32. 7 consilium Duig. to attac the Romans in the rear. que epexegetical, the sentence ein adde to explain consilium ...

venum.

Io eosdemJ Sc. castos. Ia quidam a correspondin distributive is omitte hesore saucioribus, in lac catervae ostium armatorum eastly ostium catervis plerique armati. tergia 1 aestare so t. dare o fraebere i απαξ εἰρημένον, illi this Whole paSSage compare Sall. rv. C. IOI.

quidam instea of alii indicates individuat who preferred immediate death to flight.1 et aliquando at times to the conquered showed passion and valour.' The descriptio that ollows remind usis Verg. Aen. II. 367. 17 frequens ubique Sho in himself verywhere, sor frequens of the frequent appearance of One perSOn cf. Cic. p. Rosc. Amerino c. 6 erat ille RomaefrequenS. 18 indaginis cf. Liv VII. 3 ctim praemissus eques velut indamine dissipatos Samnites verer indagio means the proces of catching wild beasis by toppin v the ouileis of the wood with eis, en, dogs c.' Conington Verg. m. IV. 21. I equitum c. the meanin is that here the ood were hic theywere earched by insanir assiste by dismounte cavalry, here theywere thinne an more ope by mounte cavair alone. The object wasto prevent the enem Do hidinii the ood an collectin sor resti

et vulnus for the metaphorica us cf. Cic. de in IV. 66 quae hic reipublicae vulnera imponebat eadem ille sanabat. et MuciamDon the partis the oldier Which would have exposed themto the attacks obviated by Agricola' precautions. et vitabundi in vicem mutuati evasive, i. e. incline to avoid ne another; the assi in undus is no quit the fame in meaning a thepresent participie, it expreSSe to Some extent a qualit a Wellis an action se vicem S late Sage sor inter se.

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miscere...separare sirs forme plans in common then Separalelyeachrior himself signorum Dwives and child ren, CL Germ. c. 7. tamquam o the ground that, CL C. 6. faciem aperuit a Tacitea phrase, disclosed the proportions of the Victor in ide view' latius reali expresses a qualit of the objectas an extensio of the predicate, CL LiV XXVII. 28. 2. vastum Suggesis drearines as et a VaSt extent. 9 incerta sc erant, the Romans could not teli sor certain Do the traclis, here to ook so the enemy. Io sarmJ Scattered, that is carrie into severat different paris. is Bo1 estorum uni noWn. 13 vires a militar force. graecenerat the presect was secured by the terror of the late victoryas et as by the actuat orce at hi command. I lento itinere sc. facto, after a leisuret march.',6 Trucculensem ortum UnknΟWn. I unde quali fies lecto only, and eo musti supplied to complete redierat, stom,hicli ita ad starte to surve at the ea fidem Britain, an hadno returne thither. proximo, C. Romanis the E. OaSt. lecto a regula nautica use of the word, to coaSt along, cf. Verg.

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emptis c. Suetonius telis the fame stor o Caligula, Cal. c. 7. The eopte thus urchased ere o Germans apparently but peOPlewho ould eastly mali up a GermanS. 3 formarenturDis the finalis of the subj. 3 studia fori L sorensi accompliShments.'

T. A. τ

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civ. are decus 'distinguished politica abili ty, in both expressions

peopte are reali meant ather than abstraci things aries civiles ouldo course stricti Speahin include ali non-militar accompliShmenis, but here is preti clearly confine to StatesmanShip. 33 occuparet was to Seige the position o militar eminence. alius

3 dissimulari L ignored. 'imperatoriam there,a somethinglingis imperiat in the character

of a great generat.' p. 26. I quodque . . erat 'an after broodin ove the matte in his Way suo tillae had satisfied himself, a sure signi savage intentions. The editor at tali these ord a qualisyin secreto only, in hicli casethe muSt be apparenti a genera statemen that Domitian's habit os deliberatin in secret was an indicatio of the habitua inhumanit os his thoughis It is dangerous to question the verdicti authorities, ut Pam incline to thin that the word are particular in meaning and arein apposition to the whole phras secreto suo satiatus, the fac that D. was satisfied illi the result of his solitar reflections o the subjeci, indicate that he meant mischie to Agricola I he had been dis- contente and nable o ho a laeta frons, it ould have meant that he id not se his a to ultimatet satisfyin his spite against Agricola. O D. 's habit os secret an solitar deliberation cf. Plin Panei 8 non affire quisquam nec alloqui audebat tenebras et solitudinen cap

tantem.

CHAPTER XL. ornamenta these ere the tota sic a the tunica famam and thecorona aureata hicli the generat so distinguished ere allowed towear o festive occasions This as a substitute so the old triumphalprocession pro triumpho whicli since the ear B. C. I ha been the Spectat prerogative of the emperor alone, a commanderS-in-chies of all

statuae the statua illustris therwis triumphalis as an additionalhonour no regulari include among the ornamenta triumphalia.

addique a ver musti supplied rom iubet, and in addition allowedit tot generali thought c.'

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Io maioribus greater, in the sense of more distinguished. II ex Sec. min. one of his mos confidentia servanis, abstraci or

I Sive. . . Sive loosely appende to credidere, reali introducin an apposition to the whole clause Iibertum. . . remeasse a stor Which may betrue, o a fictio adapte to the character of the emperor.'16 ex of the mode on hicli a thin is formed cf. Cic. de Orat. III. I 2. quae autem sunt aut tua plane aut imitatione ex aliquo expressa stom his is derived the meaning proportion, accordance 'ἈC. Si ex more, ex consuetudine c.

I notabilis a rather avourite ord illi Tacitus, is seldom sed in earlier Latin by Cicero onlyince in arietter. celebritate. . frequentia two ord of originali simila meaning butthe forme in addition to the deam numerousnes o thronging, acquireda sense of fame or honour associaled illi number o frequency; Sothat here the two ord together impi a large attendance of people

Κritet tomati a bello alieni, otium here ein opposed rather o besium

than nemotium.

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fer lan. This combinationis the causal abi. and fer illi the accus. is no infrequent in Sallust an Livy. Here ferri n. implies a more genera an tes immediate cause than temeritate. expugnatiJ is sed os personsi Caesar and Livy. damnaac. with one missortune reading on the heelsis another,' cf. Liv II. 5 .ia verberatas this metaphor is Mund in lautus and Cicero. 13 uniri the se of dum ver frequent in Livy, in hicli a causal senseis combined illi the temporal; it is est rendere in Englisti by a participie.

amore c. ablative os cause. 1 deterioribus neuter, the wors interpretations,' s. Ann. II. et in deferius aurea, and St. m. 3.16 ipsam rather eightens the effect of the whole sentenc than of the substantive it agrees illi, and practicali miltro, Mas actuali drivenheadlon into lory against his ill that is, hereas generali it is strive so in Vain. CΗΑΡΤΕ XLII. 19 sortireturi in hicli e could dra sor the province of Asia and

Ahica, that is dra tot With another man which was to have hicli province sortiretur is the conditionalisse of the subj. illi suppressed protasis, Sometime calle the potentiat. Tacitus means that i thecircumstances had been ordinary Agricola would his ear have had oneos these provinces allotted o im. The were both senatoria provinces allotted early to X-COnSuis accordindito seniority. Cisica Cerialis Civica was putri deathi Domitian whil proconsul os Asia, o a charge of reaSon. Thi T. Sayisurnished a precedentio Domitian or gettingui os Agricola, and a warning to the lalter notio accepi the office. consilium the means os formin a jud ent, S a Warning. et accessere were added, that is, the inis of these eopte camerio confirmolle impression create in A.' min by the case of Cerialis, besides this certain eopte familiar c. ent ut of their a toquestion Agricola. 'et et Dro means that the made the occasio sor doing this themselves,did not wait o Agricolario invite thei advice.

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in erroiarent consecutive a in Cic. pro Mur. c. o invenltis Stscriba quidam qui oculos cornicuna cora erit. occultius opposexto non iam obscuri, guardedly. 'et adprobandis ci approvin his excuse to the emperor that is indu in the emperor to accepi hi excuSeS. et non iam ob υriri throwin orat disguise. et pertraxere not literalty dragged, but compelleduo go,' by mingled persuasion an intimidation drove him to an interview illi Domitian. 'simulatione the dative or ad illi the accus. ouldie more Sual, but illi the ablative aratus perhaps expresse more of habituat condition, ready furnished illi, always ready illi, always ready to play

a Part. Τet in ad Dan iam comp. assume an air flaugiit indisserence, lit. caresuli arrange M arrogance, this Se os compono to XPreSSartificia appearance is common in TacituS, CL Ann. II. 3 , Hist. I. 5 , C. et benescii invidia inῬidia is used here in the wide sense of hatelainess, rather than odium or unpopularity the alter sense ouldio fuit the ver erubuit. salarium in the sense of salary belong to post-Augusta Latin. The paymen o a regula salar to provincialiovernor Walbegu by Augustus the amount of it is uncertain, in the 3r centurni Seem to

3o ossensus With accuS. an infin occurs ni here an in two therplaceS, Suet. Aug. C. 89, haedru IV. o. 6. conscientia a frequently implies a guili self-knowledge though it generali has a quali*in genitive, cf. C. 6 l. perhap knowingwhatae did, he shran Dom seeming c.' a Domitiani vero this is ver condense writing three distinc propositions ein tightenet into two. What . means is that whereas it is characteristi os human nature generali to hate a manao have injured, and whereas it was Speciali characteristic o Domitian' nature to dorio, yet even his ealous temper a more or leSS verpowered by A.'s modest an tact. Ordinar Latin writin Would have been cum roprium. ..SD, D. autem praecep Set, moderatione tamen C. n. 28 irrevocabiliori in inexorabie ascit asciarii. his use of irrevocabilis sor inexorabilis is not Mundiise here it ma have been suggested by such a phras as irrevocabilis aetas hich by a natura personification

, inaniri is explainedi in nriatam reipublicae usum helo .

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C. 5 nec minus periculum c.

inlicis, not lawless or illicit in the genera an bad sense, ut defiant of legat authority' by implication injustly used a by the ad

glor os a Show martyrdom. flerique mos of those ho obtain such honou a oppoSed to Agricola. abrus J the metaphor is Domin rugged dissiculi, and perilous ascent. Compare With Ann. V. et per abruptam contumaciam the word hereseems intende to suggest the rugged Character of the people ho adoptthe courseos et a the difficuli an dangerous natur of the ourseitself. quo Whither qualifies no inclaruerunt ut the participie

II vulgus...populus Seem to e SynonymouS, CL Hist. Ι 89 vulgus et ma nitudine nimia curarum communium exper forulus, Dialom C. Dulgus imperitum et tunicatus hic populus, the Ommon eople, ur

generalty insensibi populace. 1 et aliud agens aliud a re is the opposite os hoc a Pre to attend' cf.

the formula hoc De in sacrifices), o to e inattentive, findifferent, '. insensibie.'I constans consistent, .e no fit ut o scattered, ut universa and lasting. Dio Cassius says ἐσφάγη δια ταυτα πι Δομιτιάνου. I celerum Ahoweve that may be.' valetudinem itiness, valetudo is a neutral Wor meaning good or ill health acc. to qualification or context. I visentis agrees illi principatus.18 illud cf. Ann. IV. I quasi illud res publica esset, Which may have meant regata anxiety o may have meant diagnosis.' inquisita means the destre to know ho the Case a going on, hether the POiSon aSworking satisfactorily. I quidem anylio , γε μην, haleve eis might e true, his ascertaini true. momenta the changes in the sint in patient rom ou to our,' momen a properly movemenis os a balance here means the changes romtimeri time in the patient' condition indicatin approachinideath. et constabat Ait was ellanown. nuntiata c. erae.

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et a securus iam odit relievexat ast hom Delingsislatred and naturali more capable o dissembling o than ear, means that D. havingno longe an reason for atin and theresore earin A. could easilymasti his o unde a pretence of SorroW. qui. ..disSinrularet generic a PhaS O the conSecutive subjunctive, beindia Lindis man o. 'et piissimae the superlative only belong to post-Augustan Latin Cicerodented iis exiStence. velut onore iudicioque lit. ascis by honour an choice,' agis hewere honoured by A.' choice, iudicium mille De expresSion offa savorabie opinion, ascit is used by Cicero of the people' verdicis in elections. With the u se oscit in connexion illi ills cf. Suet. Aug. c. 66. A tolli insecurit o testamentar dispositions unde Domitian compare Plin Paneg. c. 3. Compare also sor simila experience unde a Similaremperor the illis PraSutaguS, Ann. XIV. I. CHAPΤER XLIV. 3, tertiunt A. D. o, but se note On text. n. 29. Collegia Priscoque conSul in A. D. 93, o that he S. readingsexto must be a miStake, ut hether Tacitus' o the copyist 'scit is impossibi to Zy. et decentior &c .L gracesul ather than imposing, CL C. 4 l. 22.3 metus there asino terror in his look, metus os that hicli inspiressear, cf. Quintil. Inst. I. ii et et merum tamen duplicem inret hi volo, quem patimur et quem facimus. si ererat a face ut o Lindliness, lit. Lindlines of sace asabundant, cf. Germ. c. 6 neferretim quidem Superest. medio in c. in the iddie time of his life stillinimpatred, i. e. in the sui vigouri middie lila.' nigrae in sense is reali in apposition to the whole phrase, in the iddie time os life that is, theunimpatre time,' Or, in the words, it qualifies aetatis a modified by in medio spatio. quantum aElm quod attinet ad CL Germ. C. I. et impleverat he had sille u the measure os, .e suli enjΟyed cf. Ann. XIV. 5 mensuram implere, Plins s. II. I. et summum fastigium privati hominis implere. adstruere this metaphoricalisse of this ordiegins illi Ovid, andis no vnfrequent in OSt-AuguSta PTOSe. speciosa handSome estate.'

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11 beatus. . . ugisseJ a poetical ConStruction, s. c. 8seritus obsequi.

I mos Sc durare . . . videre, a appiness,hicli in ur earin heused to pransor illi sanguine presentiment.' augurio is sed in his quite genera sense of presentiment' by Cicero, but with a quali*ing quasi. ut is a curious se of the reposition due perhaps to the lactilia nostras aures m nos audientes, the liStening eopte ein expressed per Fnecdoc enanthei earS. 15 festinatae premature,' ith perhaps a suggestio that it a accelerate by Qui meanS. tulit probabi nobis hould e supplied, it assorde us great conifori that he escaped.' 16 per intervalla...temporum at intervat and with pauses,' lit. in the way of intervat an breathing-holes.'spiramenta properly ventS or atr-holes, Verg. Geseri I. O. D. is sat here o have lest reati, ing-holes in his persecution, o thatit a no continuouS. Perhaps T. also intenos o suggest the dea fbreat in ripace ein allowe tom.' victimS. The wor is ni used in his metaphorical sens here an by Ammianus arcellinus per with iis case is sed to sor an adver of manner, a frequently in LiVy. CHAPTER XLV. I obSenam ... clauSum We have no insormation to veris this allusion. The ac that the fame hin was done by ero, notice by at thecommentators, throw no particula lightin his passage. et eadem strage ali hos victim os ne destroym hand ex-ConSutSmUrdered, Oble omen exilexandianished. consularium Suet Dona C. Io, herea gives the names of ten. et feminarum Plin 's. m. II. 3, three re mentioned Gratilla, Arria, and Fannia.

si ascis ide than exilia, includin the iide sorimo banishment

known a releg alio.

tina that is, unde Domitian sorte egan or as a delator under Nero. Domitian in the early years of his reiil discourage delation. et a censebatur wa distinguished by, the meantia is derived rom theorigina meaning of censeor tot ratedi assessed the ablative signi*ingoriginalty the amount ut hicli the person a rated, o in the derived

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