The annals of Tacitus

62 NOTES
21. Etruria Vmbriaque, abl. of place whence,— 'recruited
from Etruria and Umbria.'
22. uetere Latio, i.e. the communities which h}^,d Tia.t.in
rights before 90 B .C., when the Lex lulia g ave them full citizen
rights.
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coloniis antiquitus Romanis, ' original Roman colonies,' as
opposed to the later transmarine colonies [F.].
23. idonea prouinciarum, 'suitable points in the provinces.'
The neut. pi. adj. with genitive is a very f?\vonrite Tacitean
usage.__
Sea.
24. sociae triremes, i.e. on the Rhine, Danube, and Black
alae et auxilia cohortium, i.e. cohortes alaeque sociae,
infantry and cavalry of the allies.'
' the
neque multo secus uirium, ' whose strength was not far
inferior to our own.'
25. persequi incertum fuerit, ' no certain details can be
given.' For fuerit cf. c. 32 and xv 41.
26. ex usu temporis, ' in accordance with temporary require-
ments.' Cf. xi 8 ex usu praesenti.
gliscerent numero, 'increased in number.' For the abl. cf.
saepe numero. glisco is a favourite Tacitean word.
Frost gives a useful summary :
' The legions here mentioned
are 25 in number. Supposing them to be at their full complement,
to contain 6100 foot soldiers, with a cavalry force of 776 attached
to them, the total amount would be in round numbers, 170,000
men. Besides these there were auxiliary troops stationed in the
provinces, about equal in strength to the legionaries (neque multo
seats in iis uirium); so that the forces of the Roman empire
would be about 340,000 men.'
1. congniens crediderim, 'I should think it appropriate.'
Cf. Hist. V 2 conijruens uidetur. For the tense cf. c. 3 neque...
ahnuerit.
2. rei publicae partes,
quibus modis habitae sint, ' how
' departments of government.'
they were conducted.'