Haud minimum illud erit, ne te pulsare togatus Et procul a signis. Justissima Centurionum Tota cohors tamen est inimica, omnesque manipli Vindicta et gravior, quam injuria. Dignum erit ergo Quum duo crura habeas, offendere tot caligas, tot 8 ne] Is used because "subest notio impediendi vel prohibendi " (Hand. Turs. iv. 42), "ubi cujus vis omnis haec semper fuit ne Clodius vi oppressam civitatem teneret;" all his force had this purpose of preventing. 12.] He has lost one eye, and the doctor either gives or gave no hope of the other. 13 datur] If you go to the praetor, he assigns a soldier as 'judex,' to keep the custom of Camillus (who established a standing army, so that the soldiers could not attend to their suits in the winter). ΙΟ 15 20 25 30 17 Justissima, sq.] The words of the imaginary litigant, "Well, the centurion has a right to judge the soldier, and he is sure to judge him justly," &c. 21 curabilis] Such as need a remedy. 24 caligas] Calceus, even though only Bardaicus denotes the centurion. 31.] Barbers are said to have been introduced from Sicily, B.C. 300. The date was attested by public documents at Ardea (Varro, R. R. ii. 11, § 10). Majorum. Citius falsum producere testem 40 Praemia nunc alia atque alia emolumenta notemus 35 Sacramentorum. Convallem ruris aviti Improbus aut campum mihi si vicinus ademit Et sacrum effodit medio de limite saxum, Quod mea cum patulo coluit puls annua libo; Debitor aut sumtos pergit non reddere nummos, Vana supervacui dicens chirographa ligni : Exspectandus erit, qui lites inchoet, annus Totius populi: sed tunc quoque mille ferenda Taedia, mille morae; toties subsellia tantum Sternuntur; tum facundo ponente lacernas Caedicio, et Fusco jam micturiente, parati Digredimur: lentaque fori pugnamus arena. Ast illis, quos arma tegunt et balteus ambit, 45 Quod placitum est ipsis, praestatur tempus agendi, 50 Solis praeterea testandi militibus jus Vivo patre datur: nam, quae sunt parta labore 33 paganum] "A civilian." Antonius Primus (Tac. iii. 24) taunts his soldiers by this word, so Caesar by calling them Quirites. 34 pudorem] He will appeal to his honour, and face you down. 38 sacrum] An idol has been defined as a compromise between a symbol and a fetich. Hermae, Termini, Priapi, were probably nearer fetiches. 39 patulo] Flat. Originally, it was forbidden to offer bloody offerings to Terminus. 41.] Repeated from xiii. 137. 42, 43.] "I must wait to begin my cause for the year, whatever it is that begins every body else's." 45.] The advocates are almost Ergo Coranum ready, taking off their wrappers to show the toga, when they find the bench cushioned, to be sure, but empty. 46 Fusco] Has a drunken wife (xii. 115), and drinks; hence, j. m., in order to start fair. 47 lenta-arena] "We find it is slow fighting in the lists of the law." 52.] "Castrense peculium est quod a parentibus vel cognatis in militia donatum est, vel quod ipse filius familias in militia acquisiit quod, nisi militant, acquisiturus, non fecisset, id peculium ejus castrense, non est" (Dig. xlix. 17). 54 Coranum] From Horace (Sat. ii. 5. 57). K Signorum comitem, castrorumque aera merentem, 55 57-60.] Coranus deserves it; at least, it is the general's own interest 60 to promote the bravest, and be liberal to all. THE END. GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, ST. JOHN'S SQUARE, LONDON. |