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The annals of Tacitus

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ON CHAPTERS 70, 71 131<br />

71<br />

1. ni destinatum foret...auebat animus, ' lind it not, lifpn inv<br />

tixe^^^igsol^—I sliould (and do) feel a strong desire to anticipate<br />

events.' F. notes that ' what is spoken <strong>of</strong> was not merely on the<br />

point <strong>of</strong> occurring, but did and still does occur to the mind.' He<br />

quotes (after Drager) Cie. de cf. ii 67 (uhnoneJiat vie res ut de-<br />

plorarcm, ni uererer.<br />

•3. exitus, 'ends,' ' death s,'— a favourite use <strong>of</strong> the word<br />

with <strong>Tacitus</strong>.<br />

5. Gaius Caesar , i.e. Caligi^la .<br />

rerum potitus est, a common expression in <strong>Tacitus</strong> forjiaiiend-<br />

-<br />

ing the throne.<br />

6^. ut...ita. Cf. c. 66. ' i°

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