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38.9. tumulus terrenus = a smooth （i.e. not rocky） hill. 38.10.

spatio: abl. of degree of difference. 38.12.

equis, on horseback, abl. of means. — passibus ducentis （abl. of distance, or degree of difference） = 320 yards. 38.15.

se: plural. — denos, ten on each side. 38.18.

appellatus esset: see note on 32 21. — amicus: sc. appellatus esset. — munera: according to Livy （30.15）, the gifts sent to Masinissa, king of Numidia, were "a golden crown and bowl, a curule chair, an ivory staff, an embroidered toga, and a tunic with palm-leaf figures," such as were worn in triumphal processions. 38.19.

quam rem, a tribute which; see note on 30 19. 38.20.

docebat, showed him. — illum: emphatic as opposed to other beneficiaries implied in the preceding. 38.21.

aditum: i.e. right to approach the Senate. 38.22.

ea praemia consecutum, had attained these prizes, as if he had eagerly sought them （cf. introductory note to Campaign against Ariovistus, p. 287）. 38.24.

ipsis （instead of sibi, which might refer to Caesar alone）: the Romans. — intercederent, existed between, indir. quest. 38.26.

ut, how. 38.27.

adpetissent: see § 592. 1 (341. b); B. 323; G. 633; H. 652 (529. ii); H-B. 535. 1. a. In the dir. this might be either perf. indic. or the same as here. If only priority of time is meant, it would be indic.; if there is any internal relation between the main clause and the time clause, it would require the subjv. In this case the latter seems more probable. 38.28.

populi, etc.: Direct —

Populi Romani haec est consuetudo ut socios atque amicos non modo sui nihil dependere, sed gratia … auctiores velit esse; quod vero ad amicitiam populi Romani adtulerunt, id eis eripi quis pati possit? 38.29.

sui nihil, nothing of their own （dignity, etc.）; sui is used substantively, and is a part. gen. 39.1.

quod … adtulissent, what they had brought to the alliance; i.e. the independence and dignity which they had possessed. 39.2.

posset: § 587 (338. a); B. 300. 2; G. 651. R. 2; H. 642. 3 (523. ii. 1, N.); cf. H-B. 503. — postulavit eadem,he made the same demands. 39.3.

ne, etc.: these clauses are in apposition with eadem, and are indirectly quoted from imperative forms of the dir. disc.


Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.

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