Agricola and Germania

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a soli omnium sucinum, quod ipSi glaeSum voCant, inter vada atque in ipso litore legunt ne quae natura quaeve ratio gignat, ut barbaris, quaeSitum Compertumve diu quin etiam inter Cetera eiectamenta maris iacebat, done luxurias nostra dedit nomen ipsis in nullo usu rude legitur, informe perfertur, pretiumque mirante aCCipiunt. SuCum tamen arborum Ss intellegaS, quia terrena quaedam atque etiam voluCria animalia plerumque interiaCent, quae implicata humore mox durescente materia luduntur Cunio diora igitur nemora luCosque SiCut Orientis secretis, ubitura balsamaque sudantur, ita Occidentis insulis terrisque inesse crediderim, quae Vicini Soli radii expressa atque liquentia in proximum mare labuntur a vi tempestatum in adversa litora exundant. si naturam sucini admoto ignix tempteS, in modum taedae CCenditur alitque flammam pinguem et olentem; mo ut in piCem reSinamve lentescit. Suionibus Sitonum gente Continuantur. Cetera simileSuno differunt, quod femina dominatur in tantum non modo a libertate sed etiam a Servitute degenerant.

et of the Peucini, othermis calle Bastarnae, Me Veneri an Fenni, 46 s= obabdi German seoples, ut exhibitin Iraces of Sarmatian a mmixture of the fabulous Hel si an Oxiones.

Hic Suebiae finis Peucinorum Venedorumque et Fennorum natione Germanis an Sarmatis adscribam dubito,us quamquam euCini, quo quidam BaStarna VOCant, Sermone Cultu, Sede a domiCilii ut Germani agunt sordes Omnium a torpor ora proCerum Conubiis mixtis nonnihil in Sarmatarum habitum foedantur. Venedi multum ex moribus traxerunt; nam quidquid inter eucinos Fennosque a Silvarum a montium erigitur latroCiniis pererrant hi tamen inter Germano potius referuntur, quia et domo figunt et Scuta geStant et pedum S et pernicitate gaudent quae

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omnia diversa Sarmatis Sunt in plaustro equoque ViVentibus. Fennis mira feritas, foeda paupertaS: non arma, non equi, non penateS; viCtui herba, vestitui pelles, cubili humus: solae in sagittis opes, quas inopia ferri ossibus asperant. idemque venatu viro pariter a femina alit passim enim SComitantur partemque praedae petunt ne aliud infantibus ferarum imbriumque Suffugium quam ut in aliquo ramorum

nexu Contegantur: hu redeunt iuVeneS ho Senum reCeP-taculum sed beatius arbitrantur quam ingemere agriS, inlaborare domibus, Suas alienasque fortuna Spe metuque overSare: Securi adverSuihomines, SeCuri adversus deos rem

dissicillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem puSeSset. Cetera iam fabulosa: Hellusios et Oxionas ora hominum VoltuSque, Corpora atque artu ferarum gerere: quod ego ut incompertum in medio relinquam. 15

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v. 1. usitatuni a participi qualisying the whole nou phras clarorum . . . D adere, instea of the more Sua relative sentence, a Taciteanusage more common in the later than in the earlier ori S. quanaquavi Dwithout a Verb CL Germ. C. 4 l. 9.

Suorum Prob. neuter, hicli is more genera an inclusive tha themasculine, CL Ann. II. 8 dum vetera extollimus, recentium incuriosi, indifferent to heri n.' super rasa a late V ord. Io ignorantiam perhaps ignoring rather than ignorance, sor thesingula virium hows that ign. recti an invidiam re two aspect of the fame vice, distikerio recognis virtve and ealousy, cf. Livy's use fimmemor an obliviscor in the active ense Os digregarding, e .g. II. 2.3, 6. . recti J gen of rectum horaratum, Virtue.'

I gratia meant both the laetin os indnes o favor toward aperson, an also that hicli command a Deling of hindnes o favor, henc the persona influenc gaine by laying a person unde an obliga-

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tion. It is stom his laiter sense that it acquire theta implication offelLinterest,hicli it so osten has as here so here, connecte ascit is with ambitio, it means an intereste destre to leaSe the person hoSebiographyris ritien, ather than simpl partiality. 'ambitione properly, canuasSing, means the destre to mali oneseis

I bonae conscientiari m boni conscien De by the fame sortis attractionwhicli accounts for the use of hic α sor proster hanc rem c. in Suchphrase a haec ira propter hanc rena ira the consciouSnes of good herem the satisfactio of havin done right.' pretio praemio, cf. Seneca Clem. I. i. I vir urtiva pretiima, is an ablative o price atherthan os cause or means, A the were led c so the satisfactionis Delingilia the were Oin right. For the sentiment, L lin E . . ,

Seneca M. O 2. - here add a statemen by way o confirmation, ani atque adeo, cf. c. 28 acfuere.

15 ipsi in accordance illi the idio by hicli Latin writer preserredio Se ipse an quisque in agreement illi the Subject, .g., nec hos ranaodo liniebant sed suosvae ipsi cives, even here trici grammar, achere, di no allo it e. g. With the ablative absolute, sua ipse causa dicta, and with gerunds, se ipSe revocando, comenaeo PS a Iren/αmorun, Sc. Suorum confidence in their own character,' hat emight perhaps catl a healthy selsconfidence' autobiograph ShowSthat a mancis no ashamedis his lila. 16 Rutili, P. Rutilius usus, friendi Laelius an Scipio, a conSulin B.C. O5. He a an orator of Some note an Stoic philosophe anda man of the highest integrity. In B.C. et he was accuSed an convicte of malversation in the province of Asia, here he had serve aslegatu unde Q. ucius Scaevola. The iudicia ere then in the andso the equites, and Rutilius a reali condemne sor havin repreSSed the extortions of the publicani in the province. Scauro conSul in B. C. II and Io7, 3 Dares senatus, and the moStactive an able supporter of the aristocrati party. He a more hanon e accused by his politica opponenis, ut alivays acquitted AS howeverae a legat to Calpurnius Bestia in therars war illi Jugurtha, an diei ver ricli, though he ega lila very poor it ould Seemas is his public conduci ad no been unimpeachable Sallust Sayso hi that he was honio nobilis in ster acriosus, avidus olerariae

ono; is divitia; Ilva ceteruna vitia sua callide occultanS.

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cit, D shortis' in Without, a late Se Cf. C. 35. I adeo the common se of adeo qualisying the whole sentence hichfollows an introducin a coni firmatio of the revious statement, so

in . I A leno . . Herenni, dative of agent, sed in accordance Withthe sage of the est prose riters, hen in addition to the notion ofageno the interes of the agent is in ome way mplied, o here laudati implies that these persons ere subjecis o themes for laudation to theirbiographerS. L. Iunius Arulenus Rusticus stoic Diend an pupil o Paetus Thrasea, a tribune in A. D. 66, hen Thrasea a condemned, and would have place his et o the senatus consultum, ut Thrasea sor-bad him. He a praetor in A. D. 69, and put o deathi Domitian fortis panegyrici ThraSea. erus Thrasea the amous stoic statesman o Nero' reign, hooppoSed that emperor' tyranny on very fittin occasio unti the Senate bymero' orde in A. D. 66 condemned him to death Ann. XVI. et fol.

Herennius Senecio a native os Baetica in Spatii, Diend of theyounge Pliny, ut o death by Domitian or the offence mentione in

the text.

Helvidius Priscus son-in-law and supporter of Paetus Thrasea in his oppositio tomero' tyrann Wasianished at the fame time that Thrasea was putrio death; for a deScriptionis hi character Se Hist. IV. 5. triumviris Sc capitalibus, inferior magiStrates, ho ad charge of the prisons, and the executio of those ho ere putri death in prison. The had also a summary jurisdiction ver flaves and seretrini. The ignomin was increased by choosing these magistrates to burn theboolis, such a dut bein usuali performe by the Aediles. ut. . . urerentur dependitae Cato ministerio hicli in sense ne tis

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monumenta4 is osten sexto mean scarcet more than writings,' Cic. Brutus 9. 8 I, ut here it has it fui meaning monumental Work, 'ingeniorum meaning the writer no thei heroes. The concrete se os in Enis of me of talentis genius like our Wiis' is a late one. comitio ac foro the comitium a the par os the Forum surthestsrom the Capitoline, covering about of the wholerarea Publi punishments were inflicte here, lin Epp. V. II Suet Domit. c. 8 LiVyXXII. 57. In the comitium an in the Forum, therelare, expresses disgrace a mellis publicity Any the writer ould probabi have reversed the order of the ordS, cf. Plin N. H. V. 7 in foro ipso ac comitio. scilicet ironical, a generali in ProSe. conscientiam J Some editor tali this to mean the morat consciouS-neSS, almost conscience in ur regnant ense of the word, ut thebare ord could hardi mea that in Latin T. Seem toruserit insteados memoria whicli e liould naturali expect here in the simple Senseos cogntgance, bein privnto omething. Domitian an his courithought by burning the books the would kee posterit in the darkabout the facts recorde in them. expulsis insuperJ another reason for thinking a the did by riddingiliemselves of everyone and Verything that was oppoSed to them, theyexpected thei iniquities torii hid.

professoribus public teachers, a post-Augustan ord. omni bona arteJ every high pursuit, ars seems here tolerased in iis WideS Sense, includin aris, sciences an mora accompliShments. As to the lactis Aul. Gellius X. II. 5 Domitiano imperante Senatus consulto philosophi eiecti an Plin E . III. II. et alSo Pane r. 7quae studia priorum temporum immanitas exsiliis funiebat, cum sibi vitiorum conscius princeps inimicas vitiis arus non odio magis quam

reverentia rigaret.

occurreretJ withou dative, is used in his period absoluteirm inveniri. Here howeve there is perhaps the notion of hostile encounter a dative may be supplied rom ha precedeS. io satiensiae flongsuffering. 'II vetusJ in Imperia timescis used os anythingielongin to Republicantimes an does no necessarii implygreat antiquity Cf. Germ. C. , l. I. ia per inquisitiones alludes to the system os spionage carrie o bymeans os delatores, hicli Domitian after the firs se Iears of his reignpractised a vigorousi a Tiberius had done. loquendi &c .L ali intercliange of though in conversation.'

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CHAPTER III. 16 rediIJ present, is returning, it returne by degrees, no alie J notrivit a Draeger Say, et tamen, ut ather is adaptea present ense, ou courage S eginning to retur anae the recox accordingi is loW.' I frimo orIti J a common pleonasm statim qualifies primo, a frequent combination, hom the very firstipening. 'saeculi J reign,' a specialisse of the wor in reference to the em PerorS, cf. c. 44 l. 3, Plin E . . . et precor ut tibi presso a omnia, id est, digna saeculo tuo continfant. dissociabiles notrused else here in prose, Horace Selit in an active

I miscuerit the subj after etiamquam here the writer Would use the indic is a mannerismis TacituS. principatum frinceps princeps senatus, firs citigen, Was the ille adopted by the emper ors to expres thei position a civi head of the state. O this passage se Introduction.

ssem ac votum.

et voti When the prayer is realised it e comes the hin prayed sor, robur carries the notionis substance,' solidity,' reali ty. The personification in securitas, hicli is saturio offer the prayers hicli are offered by men to gaincit, is a boldine. saeticiam ac roburJ may be an instanc ostendiady cf. Germ. C. , l. soli assurance, but there seem no nee to tali it So. et subit poetic se of the word, then there is as e now qui e the Stealin charmi mere inertia.'et quid si again conside this that c., the regula rhetorica ellip ticalis in transition to a ne mand important Oint in an argument. et quindecim the tengilii Domitian's eign. et promptissimus the ablest inds promptus sed absolutet means ready to do the right thin at the right moment.' et dixerina the use of the persect instea of the present in these expreS-

Sion belong to post-AuguStan Latin, Roby Lal. r. II. P. 282. 29 nostri J cf. Seneca Ep. 3o. 5 videtur mihi vivere tanquam Superstes

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a an infir man who ad givenis ali interest in lila..tu means by their havin ovilive themselves is explained 1auSe exemptisac The had ted politicali speaking, sor 15, and had come ut of thei grave old men to in everythingiewd strange to them They could notarecove the laetings of thei early manhood ait at once. 3 et tamen Din spite os ali the drawbacks just mentioned. non pigebit m iuvabit. 33 composuisse rea persect means I shali e glad lienes hallhave composed &c., alludin to the Histories, atready begun. o. 3. proferaton 'a an expreSSion, lit. by reason Diis professing.'CHAPTER IV. Foroiuliensium Forum Iulii, mod Frejus, a nava station o the coastis Gallia Narbonensis, a Mundedis a colon by Julius Caesar,

5 procuratorem the procuratores Caesaris ere the finance ossicer of the Imperiat provinces correspondin to the Quaestor in the Senatorial. But in the lalter also there as a recura or lio manage ali theimperiat domain an ali reveniae payable to the scus o priV purseos the emperor in thos provinces. The procuratorShi carrie equeS- trian rank so that T. says here that Agricola inherite equestria rankon both sides of his lamily.

Graecinus litile more is nown bout his an han is tot ushere. Seneca spealis ight of him, de Benef. II. et si exemplo magni animi fus est, utamur Graecini Julii, viri gremi, quem C. Caesar

occidit ob hoc unum quod melior vir esset quam erae quemquam Franno expediret.

sapientiaeJ philosophy. Gas Caligula.

Silanum M. Iunius Silanus a consul unde Tiberiu in A. D. I9. In the eig o Caligula, ho marrie his aughte in A. D. 33, he WaSgovernor of Africa, but his son-in-la hecoming ealous of him compelledhim to commit sulcide. II sinu indumentiaque hendiadys, se Germ. c. 2 l. 8, unde herlovin care, in sinu implies that Procilla reare her chil herseis did

13 seccantium ' substantiva is of the participie, an idiom rare in

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classica writers, ut noton frequent in Liv an frequent in Tacitus, in both commone in the pl. than in the Singular. I quod ... habuit Subjectri arcebat.16 militi a place hicli tarde a appy combination o Greeli refinement and provinciat frugality. Strabo IV. p. I8I Speak of

I Romano ac senatori a Roman o position, Speciali a Senator, Who studie philosophy, was an object of suspicion to the Romanemperors, the Stud o philosophy ein generali associaled illi republica SentimentS. hausisse a contracted apodosis Agricola ad indulge his astela philosoph too agerly and would have continuedo do so haunoi, C. So numero memini si verba enerem, I remember the tune and could sing the ong ih c.' It is est rendered by translatingni by but' and si by but ... not' compare LiV II. O. et sublimri tosty, erectum, aspiring. 'et speciem the beautila image, o fidea beauty. species is sed by Cicero in the sense of a persec formo ideat, Orat. V. I insidebat in

eius mente species eloquentiae quam cernebat arrinio reisSa nou Pidebat. 22 vehemerarius quam aratri the more usual idiom ould e cautius; the oubie comparative is generali used hen the degre os different qualities possessed by the fame subjec is expreSSed Compare howeve Hist. I. 83 acrius quam conSiderate. et ratioJ reflection. et modum moderation, avoidance of extremes, almost practical wi dom He retire froni philosopli possesse of tact.' CHAPTER V. et Suetonio cci I - Ι6. et diligenti c. patiastakin and caresul, cf. Hist. II. et SuetoniuS...

cunctator narrara et cui cauta potius consilia cum ratio=re quan proSse' ae casu lacerent.

adprobavit Alie approve his militar apprenticeshi to S. - heserve his apprenticeship illi credit under.' electus quena c. Deither selecte as ne fit sor persona attendan e

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on himself, in hicli case contubernio is abi. of price an aestimo used like censeo, cf. c. rate at the alue o contubernium), or beller, selecte so the testi persona attendance, lit. selecte to e judged

by contubernium.'

a contubernis youn men ho had the duantage of persona introduction to the genera serve unde his immediate supervision and weresaid o b in contubernio ducis, cf. Sallust ut 6 . The Seem toliave forme a sori os appendage to the cohors praetoria o sta os

the generat. neci neque enim an gives a reason confirming the statemen amprobavit. a segniter couple to licenter, the two lautis ither of whicli mighthave est Agricolario ast his apprenticeship. either the fashionable licentiousnes of outh who α, nor lagines ted hi to malae se of his an a tribune or his inexperience, to indulge in pleaSure orobtain frequent leave of abSence. A a outh of good position ahingrank as a tribune he would naturali have opportunities of selfindulgence, and the inexperienc os a Ouia ossicer ho ould notbe missed would facilitate his obtaining leave of absence.

3o tribu=ratus cs. Suet. Auz. 38 liberi Senatorum . . . miliatam auspicantibus non tribunatum modo sed et praefecturas alarum dedit. Suchyouths ould of courseae seles a tribunes, hei tribuneshi there rewouldie meret titular, henc titulum tribunatus, no tribunatum.

nihil adserere, α, as intentus corresponds to nihil recusare, C. Hewas ver cautiou about underiali in anything, ut ave his holepoWers to hat wasalven him toto. magis in ambiguo in a more critica position.' veterani Lapparenti in the attachin Camulodunum, cf. C. 6. cessit in has a lighil different meaning illi summa rerum, the

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