The annals of Tacitus

86 NOTES
15. dififertur...consectentur, ' word is passed along the lines,
let all make for Tacfarinas.'
18. deiectis circum stipatoribus, ' when his guards had been
struck down around him.'
19. eflFusis, ' pouring in from every side,' ' closing in.'
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2. Seiano tribuens ne.obsolesceret, 'paying thereby a
compliment to Sejanus, to prevent the glory of his uncle Blaesus
being dimmed.' Cf. vi 50 quasi honori abenntis aviici tribueret.
3. nequc.et. For the antithesis pointed by this construc-
tion cf. ii 34 neque Piso iiuilorius et Caesar maiore fama fuit.
4. huic negatus honor... intendit, ' the refusal of the distinc-
tion enhanced the credit of Dolabella.'
negatus honor. For the construction cf. c. 12, 34, 44.
intendit. Cf. c. 2 urn praefecturae intendit.
minora exercitu. He had one legion only, the third, theT
ninth having been withdrawn. See c. 23.
6. caedeni...famam deportarat. Note the zeugma.
10. studiis, i.e. loyalty to Kome.
repetitus, ' revived.'
12. togam pictam, worn in triumphs Livy (xxx 1.5) gives a
longer list of presents made to a king, Masinissam aiirea corona,
aurea patera, sella curuli eburnea et ^ipiUne eburneo, toga picta,
et valmari tunica donat.
mixed.
1. mota, 'scattered.'
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2. oppressit, a strong word, ' crushed.' The metaphors are
tumultus, ' rising, ' as usual.
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5. libellis . 'proclamations,' ' placaj-ds.'
6. per longinquos saltus, 'in distant forest districts,' i.e. in /
the Appenuine country.
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ferocia seruitia, ' savage slaves ' probably. But possibly ferox
may here have its strictly classical sense of ' high-spirited.' See
note on c. 12.
7. tres biremes, i.e. Liburnian galleys, as distinct from