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XIII. Nihil nisi armati. The Romans wore arms only in time of war or on a journey. Moris, sc. est. And in A. 39. Suffecturum probaverit. Subj. after antequam. Ornant. Ornat would have been more common Latin, and would have made better English. But this construction is not unfrequent in T., cf. 11: rex vel princeps audiuntur. Nor is it without precedent in other authors. Cf. Ritter reads propinqui.
XIII. Nihil autem neque publicae neque privatae rei, nisi armati agunt. Sed arma sumere non ante cuiquam moris, quam civitas suffecturum probaverit. Tum in ipso concilio, vel principum aliquis vel pater vel propinquus scuto frameaque juvenem ornant: haec apud illos toga, hic primus juventae honos: ante hoc domus pars videntur, mox reipublicae.
Ariovistus had two wives. Caes. Probant, cf. probaverit, 13, note. Comatur. Subj. denoting the intention of the presents with which she is to be adorned. Frenatum, bridled, caparisoned==paratus below. So Liv.: in has leges, in easdem leges. Hoc vinculum, So, Sec. 13: haec apud illos toga. Conjugales deos. Certain gods at Rome presided over marriage, e.g.
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