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6Q NOTES<br />

26. disque et patria coram. For the anastrophe cf. c. 5.<br />

29. hi, ' these Senators.'<br />

30. bona malaque uestra, ' any good or evil in you,' referring<br />

to character rather than fortune. This harmonises better with<br />

the context.<br />

9<br />

3. gloria, ' pride ' in the minds <strong>of</strong> the Senators at the picture<br />

drawn by the Emperor.<br />

impleuerat, after si 2^osuisset. This rhetorical use <strong>of</strong> the<br />

indie, for subj. in the apodosis <strong>of</strong> conditional sentences is frequent<br />

in <strong>Tacitus</strong>. Cf. vi 9 contremuerant patres, ni Celsus Appium<br />

discrimini exemixset.<br />

4. de reddenda re publica. See Introduction v.<br />

utque consules. <strong>Tacitus</strong> delights in changes <strong>of</strong> construction.<br />

We have another in line 7, memoriae Drusi...in Gcrmanicum.<br />

6. uero dempsit, ' he robbed <strong>of</strong> their credit even true and '<br />

honourable feelings.'<br />

8. plerisque must mean 'many things' here.<br />

amat. Cf. the similar use <strong>of</strong> Ck^w.<br />

10. origo, 'founder.' Cf. Virgil, Aen. xii 166 hinc pater<br />

Aeneas Romani stirpis orif/o.<br />

12. Attus Clausus. According to the generally received<br />

tradition, the Claudii were descended from the Sabine noble Attus<br />

Clausus, who migrated to Rome. Cf. Suet. Tib. 1 patricia gens '<br />

Claudia orta est ex Regillis, oppido Sabinoriim.<br />

10<br />

1. plurimis...auctoribus, 'most numerous and most trust-<br />

worthy authorities.'<br />

3. non omiserim, 'I must not omit.' See note on c. 3 ..<br />

5. scelus, used <strong>of</strong>ten <strong>of</strong> murder, especially by poison. For<br />

corrupta ad scelus cf. ii 62 corruptis ad societatem.<br />

6. uinxisse, ' bound down to his service.' Cf. vi 45 jmcto<br />

matrimonii uincire. deuincio is commonly used in this sense.

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