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183.26. eventus (acc. plu.) belli, the fortune of war (in general).—unum, only one thing. >>>>>>> 1.5 183.28.

casui: dat. with relinqui.—relinqui debuisse§ 486. a (288. a); B. 270. 2; H. 618. 2 (537. 1); H-B. 582. 3. a ftn. 2), as usual added without any other word of saying beyond that involved in questus. 183.29.

multum fortunampotuisse: cf. 175 7 ff. 184.1.

avertisset: sc. fortuna. 184.2.

rerum: part. gen. with maxime.—videbatur: the subj. is quodobtulerunt. 184.5.

beneficium: i.e. by giving him opportunity to escape. He was never captured. In honor of his splendid resistance to the invader a colossal statue has lately been erected to him at Tongres; see Fig. 83.


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