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84 NOTES<br />
<strong>The</strong> Musulamian war gave much trouble. Tacfarina s defied the<br />
Boman arms for some years. <strong>The</strong> iusurrectiou spread westward<br />
into ^aurelaaiSi and eastward to the country <strong>of</strong> the Garamantes .<br />
<strong>The</strong> Boman commanders sent out for some years proved mcom -<br />
petent . till in 24 a.d . Blaesus was appointed on the Emperor's<br />
intervention. "" """ ~~<br />
3. ubi...crediderant, 'when they thought that their achieve-<br />
ments were sufficient for the winning <strong>of</strong> triumphal honours.'<br />
For triuviphalhim insigni, <strong>of</strong>. c. 18.<br />
5. tres.-.statuae, won by Fnrius Cnmill ns 17 a. p.. L. Aproniu.s<br />
20 A. D.. and Junius Blaesu s 22 a p . Cf. Agricola 4U inlustrfs<br />
statuae honorem.<br />
6. Africam, the Boman Province <strong>of</strong> Africa.<br />
7. iuuenta, causal, — ' negligent owing to youth.'<br />
8. libertos regies et seruilia imperia, hendiadys. Translate;<br />
' had chosen war rather than submit to be ordered about like<br />
slaves by the king's freedmen ' [B.].<br />
10. rex Garamantum. <strong>The</strong> Garamantes are generally placed<br />
in Fezzan.<br />
non ut...incederet, ' not so far as to take the field ' [F.].<br />
11. quae... in maius audiebantur, ' the strength <strong>of</strong> which was<br />
exaggerated by distance.' This sense <strong>of</strong> audio ('hear <strong>of</strong>) is<br />
requent in <strong>Tacitus</strong>, e.g. ii 68 midita regis fuga ; Germ. 37 cum<br />
primum Cimbrorum arma audita sunt.<br />
13. moribus turbidus, ' turbulent in character.'<br />
14. ruebant, 'were flocking to his standard.'<br />
res a Blaeso gestas. See iii 73, 74.<br />
quasi nullis...liostibus. Cf. the more frequent Tacitean use<br />
<strong>of</strong> tamquam.<br />
15. nonam legionem. See v 4.<br />
24<br />
2. lacerari, ' was being worried.'<br />
5. incubuissent, 'made an effort.' Cf. c. 73 si simul in-<br />
cuhuissent.<br />
Thubuscum, or Thubursicum, a town lying a little to the<br />
north <strong>of</strong> Mount Aurasius.