The annals of Tacitus

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134 NOTES
does not refer to tiexillarii or ue.rilla ueteranorum, he adds a
phrase such as tironum or the like, to show that he means only
separate bodies detached under a flag on service.' Cf. Camh.
Covipanion to Latin Studien §722:— 'the terms uexillmn and
tiexillarii were applied to any detachment from the main body
despatched under a centurion or higher officer to perform some
special sei-vice.'
3. peditum et equitum auxiliarium. They are often called
cohortes alaeque, e.g. line 21 (below).
4. utrumque exercitum, i.e. his own troops from Lower
Germany and those from the Upper province.
5. castelli, i.e. of Flevum mentioned in c. 72.
6. degressis. defiredior has often much the same meaning
as dijiredior, and often the reading is doubtful.
7. aestuaria, ' the tidal marshes ' of the Zuyder Zee.
aggeriJms, ' causeways .' limes is often found in this sense.
grauiori agmini, i.e. the legionaries.
9. alam Canuinefatem. They lived in the ' island ' of the
Khine adjoining the Batavi. They are often mentioned by Tacitus
in the Hiatories.
11. turmas sociales, i.e. the ala just mentioned,
equites legionum, apparently those of the four legions of the
lower army, who would be in all 16 turmae or 480 men [F.].
12. subsidio misses. Ci. c. 72 tributo aderant.
main body of auxiliai:^. hfti'sp, as
the ^^' 3,larlus eaues ,
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distinct from the single ala mentioned above [F.].
auxiliary forces were engaged
' Soon all the
' [Bury].
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23. ultum iit, a favourite expression with Tacitus. Cf. vi 36
tota mole rciini ultum iit.
24. praefectorum, commanders of auxiliaries.
25. mox compertum. The mention of two minor disasters
follows.
26. Baduhennae, probably the name of a goddess.
27. in posterum extracta, ' after prolonging the fight to the
ua;?ti flay -^
29. quondam stipendiarli,
' formerly a soldier in our pay '
[R.]. Cf. Livy viii S (Romani) posUiuam Mpeiidiarii facti sunt,