Matheson Collection > Annals of Tacitus, Book IV

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The Musulamian war gave much trouble. Tacfarina s defied the
Boman arms for some years. The iusurrectiou spread westward
into ^aurelaaiSi a nd eastward to the country of the Garamantes .
Th e Bo man commanders sent out for some years proved mcom -
petent . till in 24 a.d . Blaesus w as appointed on the Emperor's
i ntervention. "" """ ~~
3. ubi...crediderant, 'when they thought that their achieve-
ments were sufficient for the winning of triumphal honours.'
For triuviphalhim insigni, of. c. 18.
5. tres.-.statuae, won by Fnrius Cnmill ns 17 a. p.. L. Aproniu. s
20 A. D.. and Junius Blaesu s 22 a p . Cf. Agricola 4U inlustrfs
statuae honorem.
6. Africam, the Boman Province of Africa.
7. iuuenta, causal, — ' negligent owing to youth.'
8. libertos regies et seruilia imperia, hendiadys. Translate;
' had chosen war rather than submit to be ordered about like
slaves by the king's freedmen ' [B.].
10. rex Garamantum. The Garamantes are generally placed
in Fezzan.
non ut...incederet, ' not so far as to take the field ' [F.].
11. quae... in maius audiebantur, ' the strength of which was
exaggerated by distance.' This sense of audio ('hear of) is
requent in Tacitus, e.g. ii 68 midita regis fuga ; Germ. 37 cum
primum Cimbrorum arma audita sunt.
13. moribus turbidus, ' turbulent in character.'
14. ruebant, 'were flocking to his standard.'
res a Blaeso gestas. See iii 73, 74.
quasi nullis...liostibus. Cf. the more frequent Tacitean use
of tamquam.
15. nonam legionem. See v 4.
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2. lacerari, ' was being worried.'
5. incubuissent, 'made an effort.' Cf. c. 73 si simul in-
cuhuissent.
Thubuscum, or Thubursicum, a town lying a little to the
north of Mount Aurasius.