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70 NOTES<br />
19. consiliis suis, i.e. Livia's plans.<br />
20. in animo . .<br />
.<br />
ualida, 'was strong in Augusta's affections.'<br />
Cf. xiv 51 ualidior TigelUnus in animo principis. For the omission<br />
<strong>of</strong> the verb sum, which is very common in <strong>Tacitus</strong>, cf. line 10.<br />
21. potentiae anxiam, objective gen.,— 'solicitous for undue<br />
power.' Cf. ii 75 incerta ultionis, anxia sui and Ov. Met. i 623<br />
anxia furti.<br />
insociabilem nurui efficiebat, ' she (i.e. Livia) was bringing<br />
about a thorough estrangement between Augusta and her grand-<br />
daughter-in-law ' (i.e. Agrippina). For nurui the editors quote<br />
from the Digest nurus appellatione non tantum filii uxor, sed<br />
et nepotis ct pronepotis continetur, licet quidem has pronurus<br />
appellent.<br />
23. prauis sermonibus...perstimulare, 'to incite her rising<br />
ambition by wrong-headed suggestions.'<br />
13<br />
1. nibil, ace. <strong>of</strong> extent used adverbially.<br />
rerum cura,<br />
' attention to public business.'<br />
2. ius ciuium...tractabat, ' he dealt with the trials <strong>of</strong> citizens<br />
and petitions from allied communities.' Examples <strong>of</strong> both follow.<br />
See Introduction iii.<br />
4. ciuitati Cibyraticae. Cibyra was a town in the south-<br />
western corner <strong>of</strong> Phrygia. Cf. Hor. 1 Epist. vi 33.<br />
Aegiensi. Aegium on the gulf <strong>of</strong> Corinth was the chief city<br />
<strong>of</strong> Achaia. It was the meeting place <strong>of</strong> the Achaean League<br />
(Livy xxxviii 30).<br />
7. ulterioris Hispaniae, i.e. Baetica at this time. Its seat <strong>of</strong><br />
government was at Corduba.<br />
ui publica, 'violence in a public capacity,' i.e. the execution,<br />
scourging, etc., <strong>of</strong> a Eoman citizen who had appealed to the<br />
Emperor. This was regulated by the lex lulia de ui publica.<br />
Naxos.<br />
8. atrocitatem moruin, 'his savage temper.'<br />
Amorgrum. Amorgus is one <strong>of</strong> the Cyclades, south-east <strong>of</strong><br />
9. reus tamquam...iuuisset, 'accused on the ground <strong>of</strong>