The annals of Tacitus

80 NOTES
tribe s ; the Aedui bad seized Autun. But the rising was _Ere2
mature ; and both 1 e ad e r s d ied by their own hands. The name
Sacrovir poin ts to hisji oldinp some religiouf» nffif'p -
per auaritiajn, apparently by extortions from those who had I
not joined the rebellion [F.]. I
bribes.
17. uxor Sosia, i.e. not kept in proper order, and receiving
nee dubie.-.liaerehant, 'and clearly they (Silius and Sosia)
could not free themselves from the charges of extortion.'
18. cuncta...exercita, 'the whole trial was conducted as if on
the charge of treason.
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19. maiestatis. See Introduction viii.
20. praeuertit, ' anticipated.' Cf. Lucan viii 30 praeuertit
tristia leto.
20
1. saeuitum in bona, 'a cruel raid was made on his property.'
Cf. c. 1.
tamen, i.e. although he had anticipated condemnation by
suicide. See Introduction vi.
stipendiariis, tribute-payers in the province of Silius,
2. repetebat, ' made claim for restitution,'—a technical term.
Hence the phrase in c. 19 (rervm) repetundarum crimina ' charges
of extortion.'
3. liberalitas August! auulsa, 'grants made to Silius by
Augustus were abstracted from his estate.' Tacitus uses liberalitas
specially in this sense.
4. conputatis...petebantiir, 'the claims of the imperial
treasury being reckoned up in detail.' singillatim would refer
to various special grants.
6. sententia, often of a motion in the Senate.
partem bonorum, 'half of Sosia's property.'
7. publicandam...ut relinqueretur. Tacitus is fond of such
changes of construction.
8. M'. Lepidus, i.e. Manius Lepidus.
9. legis. This is the lex lulia de maicstate. which was /
passed by Augustus, and staTed the minimum tT'be allowed to /
informers. J