The annals of Tacitus

ON CHAPTERS 43—46 107
15. Beposuit Augustus. This verb is often used by Tacitus
of a mild type of exile. Merivale writes (c. 45) :
' The treatment
of exiles seems generally to have been sufficiently mild. They
were allowed to a great extent the choice of locality; and when
Augustus forbade them to settle at any sj^ot within 50 miles of
the continent, he excepted the pleasant retreats of Cos, Rhodes,
and Lesbos. He also confined them to a single ship of 1000
amphorae and two pinnaces for the voyage and conveyance of
their families, which further were limited to 20 slaves or freedmen.'
16. specie studiorum. Marseilles was a noted home of Greek
culture. Agricola studied there. Cf. Strabo iv 1, 5 (writing of
Augustus) eV 5^ ri^ irapdvTi Kai tovs yvupi/j.bJTaTovs'Ptofj.aiwv iriireLKev
avTi TTj% eis' Adrjvas aTrodTifiias e/ceitre (poirav (piXofJiadels 6vTas.
17. habitus supremis honor, 'honour was paid to his
remains.'
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1. citeriore Hispania, i.e. Hispania Tarraeonensis.
2. natioais, 'tribe,' the ordinary meaning of the word. See
note on c. 33.
3. praetorem, ' governor.' often as here in a general sense.
His proper title would be leqatus Auauati fro yraetore.
'
I pace Incuriosum , travelling carelessly in time of peace .' (/^
5. in mortem adfeclt^ Kee c. 62.
6. saltuosos, 'hilly.' Cf. c. 25, 27.
dimisso equo, ' having turned his horse loose.' -
10. edere adigeretur. For the construction cf. c. '29. K p^gfciSaV^
14. postero, se. die. Cf. c. 73 in posterum. ^^mSa^.— **^Ji. .
16. caesus habetur. hahpor is seldom used wnth inf. or pa.vt .
in this ssn?!^ . N. quotes xv 15 Bosporum inuasiirus hahebatur.
17. e publico, i.e. Termestinorum,—frauds of its citizens or
magistrates on their own community [F.]
1. Lentulo. Cf. c. 42.
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2. Poppaeo Sabino. governor of important p rovinces foi'
24 years, and gritTT^liaLLLgilaiLS^ero s wifeToppaeaT^""""'
contusis, 'crushed.' Cf. xii SI proeliis contTni.
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