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The annals of Tacitus

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106 NOTES<br />

<strong>The</strong> Segestans, in whose territory it stood, claimed a Trojan<br />

origin. Hence Tiberius calls himself consanguineus. Cf. also<br />

Thuc. vi 46 ol de ''EyecrTatoi is to iv "E/Jii/ct Updv ttjs 'A(ppoSlTi]s<br />

dyaydvTes airoi/s evidet^av to, a.va.di)ixaTa, and Strabo xiv 2 -qv 5i<br />

Kal i] dvadv<strong>of</strong>JiivTj Acppodirr], 17 vuv dvaKelrai Ti2 Oei^ Kaiffapi. iv Puifiy.<br />

21. suscepit curam, 'undertook the work,' i.e. <strong>of</strong> restoration.<br />

'<br />

22. preces , a. ])ptit,inn' with regard to the will <strong>of</strong> Vulcatius<br />

/( Moschus (mentioned below).<br />

j<br />

'<br />

' probatum. . .exemplum the prppprlpnt. nf Riiti];"^' -..0° "ijpi'^yp'i .<br />

See iii 66.<br />

23. legibus pulsum, 'banished according to law,' i.e. by a<br />

judicial decision.<br />

24. quo iure...receptus, 'with the same privilege admitted a<br />

citizen <strong>of</strong> Marseilles.'<br />

U 26. ut patriae^ ' as being now his native country .'<br />

1 1 .<br />

1. Cn. Lentulus. See c. 29.<br />

44<br />

2. L. DomitiUS. b elonging to the third penprp.tinn nf thp<br />

di'-tinpi inh"'^ fimilv nf . Domitii AhenQ^atfci -<br />

'<br />

4 super . nvpr and ahnvp' '1<br />

3. de Getis. <strong>The</strong> same people were known as Getae and<br />

DacL In the reign <strong>of</strong> Augustus there were several small war s<br />

again st them on th e Danube . <strong>The</strong>ir king was Cotiso. Cf. Hor.<br />

Odes iii 8 occidit Daci Cotisonis agmen.<br />

bene tolerata paupertas. For the syntax <strong>of</strong> these and the<br />

following words cf. c. 12, 26, 34.<br />

/I 5. Domitium... maris potens, 'Dotnitina rlF;pvPfl inatvp fi-pfii^ g<br />

/( father who was master <strong>of</strong> the sea .' Ul'tr V>J<br />

7. auus, consul _54b.c., a very energetic opponent <strong>of</strong> Caesar.<br />

8. minor Antonia, a mistake. <strong>Tacitus</strong> should have written<br />

Tn^iojo-bere and in xii 64.<br />

10. Albim transcendit, ' crossed the Elbe.' This must be the<br />

upper Elbe in Bohemia.<br />

quam quisquam priorum. Supply penetrauerat. N. quotes<br />

Cic. ad Att. ix 11 eandem me salutem a te accepisse putaui<br />

quam ille.

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