The annals of Tacitus

ON CHAPTERS 46—48 109
10. in loco, ' where he was,' Kara x'^P"-"-
11. angustmn nnntiTunim, , ' a narrow summit extenrlin^r in
yi
unbroken ridye '
[F.]. Cf. Horace's continui monteg (1 Epist. xvi 5).
12. uis armata aut incondita. F. points out that an intelli-
gible contrast can be drawn between forces organised after their
own fashion and a mere rabble, who could only throw stones, etc.
13. ferocissimos, ' the most high-spirited.' Cf. c. 12.
16. dum eminus grassabantur, ' as long as they moved at a
distance.' The verb (/nissur is often used, as here, of threatening
motion. Cf. c. 66.
18. recepti, 'enabled to fall back.' Cf. c. 43.
Sugambrae cohortis. The Sugambri were a tribe on the Sieg
opposite Qolo,g"6. They were conquered by Tiberius in 8 b.TT .
and transplanted to the west bank of the Kbifie ^ The Roman s
found them excellent soldiers .
' As in other mixed empires it
would be a part of Roman policvto garrison one countrv with
troops raised in another' 1R.1. N . refers to inscriptions, one of
wnich shows that a Sugambrian cohort was stationed in Moeaia as
late as 134 a.d.
1. hostem propter,
^
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' near the enemy.' For the anastrophe cf.
lucem infra (below), and e. 50 Tarsam inter et Turesim.
2. munimenta, i.e. the camp mentioned in c. 47.
Thraecibus, i.e. Rhoemetalces and his men.
3. memoraui, in c. 47.
4. trahere praedas, ' to plunder.'
dum populatio...capesserent, 'provided that their ravaging
should be limited to daylight, and that they should keep careful
watch over the camp through the night.'
7. raptis...stationes, 'enriched by plunder they neglected
their outposts.' U^^*^»^ , Ct-^-^.
lasciuia...somno...uino, abl. of manner.
9. altero...alli. Frost can find no other instance of this
sequence. He supposes that the second band (alii) is regarded
simply as different from the first (ultero), without taking into
account that there were but two bands in all.