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108 NOTES<br />
3. montium editis. See c. 51. And for the syntax cf. c. 41<br />
tacita suspicionum.<br />
iiLt (aaXmL. incultu, 'without refinement.' Ci.iniussu; and Sallust lug. 19<br />
,<br />
w<br />
incultius agitare. See also Roby 1239.<br />
6. militiae nostrae dare, i.e. to the auxiliary forces. ' This<br />
passage shows that the dependent kingdoms had to furnish troops<br />
to the Eoman armies, but that the obligation had been hitherto<br />
enforced in a modified form ' [F.]<br />
10. disiecti, ' bi'oken up.' <strong>The</strong> auxiliaries might be called on<br />
to serve in any part <strong>of</strong> the empire.<br />
mind.'<br />
12. misere legates... memoraturos, 'sent envoys to call to<br />
1.5. f^iuentutein, ' warriors.'<br />
promptum libertatl aut ad mortem. For the juxtaposition <strong>of</strong><br />
dissimilar constructions cf. ii 6 accipiendis copiis et transmitten-<br />
dum ad bellum opportuna.<br />
18. impeditum, lit. ' entangled,' ' involved, ' i.e. 'dangerous.'<br />
47<br />
1. d^nec...conduceret ,<br />
' to give himself time to concentrate. ...'<br />
3. Labeo, governor <strong>of</strong> Moesia for eight y ears after his praetor -<br />
shifL<br />
cum leglone, ' with a legion.' We learn from c. 5 that Moesia<br />
had_tefl_lfig.i nn s.<br />
rex Rhoemetalces. See c. 5.<br />
4. popularium, ' <strong>of</strong> his own people.'<br />
5. praftaei;tti cqpi g^ .<br />
<strong>of</strong> Macedonia .<br />
' the force on the spot ,' i. e. in the province<br />
6. per angustias saltuum, ' in narrow mountain passes.' Cf.<br />
Caes. B. C. i 37 Pyrenaeos saltus occupari iubet ; Liv. xlii .53 saltu<br />
angusto superatis montihu» ; xxviii 1 angustiae saltibus crebris<br />
inclwsae; xxxvi 15 saltus <strong>The</strong>rmopylarum.<br />
7. audentius. . .ulsebantur, ' some with greater boldness showed<br />
themselves.'<br />
8. sangruine... medico. Cf. Hist, iii 16 modica caede.<br />
9. BuflFugia. ' places <strong>of</strong> retreat.'