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Personal appearance, cf. Decentior quam sublimior. Well proportioned, rather than tall. Nihil metus. Nothing to inspire fear in his countenance. Antith. to gratia supererat: kindness of expression rather prevailed. So Gr. and R. For this sense of metus, see note G. 2: ob metum. Medio aetatis. We should hardly say so of a man dying at 56. But in Dial. de Clar. Orat.
By the valor and favoring auspices of the Roman Empire. War was formerly carried on auspiciis Populi Rom. But after Augustus, auspiciis Imperatoris or Imperii Rom. Expeditionibus proeliis. Terminos. Cf. Fama, rumore. Synonyms. Also castris, armis. Cf. note, 30. Vota aperto. In frontem. Antith. to fugientibus. Hence==progredientibus. Hodie. To-day, i.e. in our present circumstances of prosperity.
A severe cut, though quite incidental and very concise. Otiosos. Antith. to militare. Men in civil life, cf. note on otio, II. Otium auxit. Augere otium==sequi altissimum otium. Dr. Penitus==inwardly, i.e. sincerely, zealously. So R. But Dr.== prorsus, omnino, valde. Cultu modicus. Simple in dress, cf. note on cultus, G. 6. Comitatus, passive, so used by Cic. also. Uno aut altero. One or two.
Military men. Ambitiose, with affected fortitude, stoically. Rursus==contra, on the contrary, showing the antith. between ambitiose and per lamenta. Per lamenta, cf. 6: per caritatem. Igitur, cf. 13, note. Quae faceret==ut ea faceret. Incertum is explained by pluribus locis. Render: general alarm. Expedito==sine impedimentis, armis solis instructo. Fac. and For. Montem Grampium.
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