30: "The laurel, the principal
messenger
of joy and victory among the Romans, is affixed to letters, and to the spears and javelins of the soldiers.
Tacitus
36.
)"—Rich, Comp.
to Dict.
and Lex.
s.
v.
Vexillum.
]
86 (return)
[ A pass into the vale of Clwyd, in the parish of Llanarmon, is still called Bwlch Agrikle, probably from having been occupied by Agricola, in his road to Mona. —Mr. Pennant. ]
87 (return)
[ From this circumstance it would appear that these auxiliaries were Batavians, whose skill in this practice is related by Tacitus, Hist. iv. 12. ]
88 (return)
[ It was customary for the Roman generals to decorate with sprigs of laurel the letters in which they sent home the news of any remarkable success. Thus Pliny, xv.
30: "The laurel, the principal messenger of joy and victory among the Romans, is affixed to letters, and to the spears and javelins of the soldiers. " The laurus of the ancients was probably the baytree, and not what we now call laurel. ]
89 (return)
[ Ascire, al. accire, "To receive into regular service. " The reference is to the transfer of soldiers from the supernumeraries to the legions. So Walch, followed by Dronke, Both, and Walther. The next clause implies, that he took care to receive into the service none but the best men (optimum quemque), who, he was confident, would prove faithful (fidelissimum). ]
90 (return)
[ In like manner Suetonius says of Julius Caesar, "He neither noticed nor punished every crime; but while he strictly inquired into and rigorously punished desertion and mutiny, he connived at other delinquencies. "—Life of Julius Caesar, s. 67. ]
91 (return)
[ Many commentators propose reading "exaction," instead of "augmentation. " But the latter may be suffered to remain, especially as Suetonius informs us that "Vespasian, not contented with renewing some taxes remitted under Galba, added new and heavy ones: and augmented the tributes paid by the provinces, even doubling some. "—Life of Vesp. s. 19. ]
92 (return)
[ In the year of Rome 832.
86 (return)
[ A pass into the vale of Clwyd, in the parish of Llanarmon, is still called Bwlch Agrikle, probably from having been occupied by Agricola, in his road to Mona. —Mr. Pennant. ]
87 (return)
[ From this circumstance it would appear that these auxiliaries were Batavians, whose skill in this practice is related by Tacitus, Hist. iv. 12. ]
88 (return)
[ It was customary for the Roman generals to decorate with sprigs of laurel the letters in which they sent home the news of any remarkable success. Thus Pliny, xv.
30: "The laurel, the principal messenger of joy and victory among the Romans, is affixed to letters, and to the spears and javelins of the soldiers. " The laurus of the ancients was probably the baytree, and not what we now call laurel. ]
89 (return)
[ Ascire, al. accire, "To receive into regular service. " The reference is to the transfer of soldiers from the supernumeraries to the legions. So Walch, followed by Dronke, Both, and Walther. The next clause implies, that he took care to receive into the service none but the best men (optimum quemque), who, he was confident, would prove faithful (fidelissimum). ]
90 (return)
[ In like manner Suetonius says of Julius Caesar, "He neither noticed nor punished every crime; but while he strictly inquired into and rigorously punished desertion and mutiny, he connived at other delinquencies. "—Life of Julius Caesar, s. 67. ]
91 (return)
[ Many commentators propose reading "exaction," instead of "augmentation. " But the latter may be suffered to remain, especially as Suetonius informs us that "Vespasian, not contented with renewing some taxes remitted under Galba, added new and heavy ones: and augmented the tributes paid by the provinces, even doubling some. "—Life of Vesp. s. 19. ]
92 (return)
[ In the year of Rome 832.
