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70.18.

quodinstitueretur: because (as they said), etc.: subjv. on the principle of implied indir. disc. (§ 540, 592. 3 (321, 341. d); B. 286. 1, 323; G. 663. 1; H. 652 (529. II); H-B. 555. a). — ab tanto spatio, so far off (lit. away by so great a space): abl. of degree of difference, ab having an adv. force. — quibusnam, etc.: the enclitic nam gives a sarcastic emphasis to this jeering question of the barbarians, by what hands, pray, or what strength?


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