But--like Irish
wakes--such festivals tended to deteriorate, and the word
acquired a sinister sense.
wakes--such festivals tended to deteriorate, and the word
acquired a sinister sense.
Tacitus
Bernard.
[375] See i. 65. The legions there might make common cause
with them.
[376] They had suffered once already (see i. 65, 66).
[377] This meant about £200 to every man who had done sixteen
years' service.
[378] i. e. the Eleventh to Dalmatia, the Seventh to Pannonia.
[379] Literally, enjoy dinner-parties beginning at an early
hour, i. e. before two o'clock. This was considered 'fast'.
[380] The word here used by Tacitus, _pervigilia_, properly
denotes all-night religious festivals.
But--like Irish
wakes--such festivals tended to deteriorate, and the word
acquired a sinister sense.
[381] See i. 6 and 8.
[382] Because they had seized one of Verginius' slaves, as
described in the last chapter.
[383] The revolt of Civilis described in Book IV. His force
included Roman legionaries as well as Batavians, Gauls, and
Germans.
[384] The word 'rex' had still an 'unroman' sound.
[385] Cremona was sacked and burnt in the following October
(cp. iii. 32 f. ).
[386] Literally, the tribunes of the legions and the prefects
of the auxiliaries.
[387] A friend told Plutarch that he had seen on this
battle-field a pile of corpses so high that they reached the
pediment of an ancient temple which stood there.
[388] Suetonius attributes to him the remark, 'A dead enemy
smells good, a dead Roman better. '
[389] Their names are given i. 77.
[375] See i. 65. The legions there might make common cause
with them.
[376] They had suffered once already (see i. 65, 66).
[377] This meant about £200 to every man who had done sixteen
years' service.
[378] i. e. the Eleventh to Dalmatia, the Seventh to Pannonia.
[379] Literally, enjoy dinner-parties beginning at an early
hour, i. e. before two o'clock. This was considered 'fast'.
[380] The word here used by Tacitus, _pervigilia_, properly
denotes all-night religious festivals.
But--like Irish
wakes--such festivals tended to deteriorate, and the word
acquired a sinister sense.
[381] See i. 6 and 8.
[382] Because they had seized one of Verginius' slaves, as
described in the last chapter.
[383] The revolt of Civilis described in Book IV. His force
included Roman legionaries as well as Batavians, Gauls, and
Germans.
[384] The word 'rex' had still an 'unroman' sound.
[385] Cremona was sacked and burnt in the following October
(cp. iii. 32 f. ).
[386] Literally, the tribunes of the legions and the prefects
of the auxiliaries.
[387] A friend told Plutarch that he had seen on this
battle-field a pile of corpses so high that they reached the
pediment of an ancient temple which stood there.
[388] Suetonius attributes to him the remark, 'A dead enemy
smells good, a dead Roman better. '
[389] Their names are given i. 77.
