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(27) 154. 26 stipatus armatorum V armorum, zvhich should be re- 



tained: cf. p. I J 4, note. 



(28) 155. 18 celso sistens Read insistens : cf. p. ijy, note. 



(29) 157. 11 ibant suam The verb is omitted in V: ibant Haupt 



{a suggestion on which he himself laid no iveight). 

 Read traxerat ivith Gelcnius, comparing I. 112. 14 and 

 11. 68. 4 ff. 



(30) 157. 13 benivole responderant Read responderunt. 



(31) 159. 1 quoad licitum est A gloss on the foregoing words. 



(32) 160. 23 scripsit et heredem The word et {which is entirely out 



of place in the text) is not to be found in the earlier 

 editions. 



(33) 162. 20 vixerat gustaverit Read vixerat gustavisse : the cor- 



ruption is due to the influence of the preceding word 

 vixerat aided by a certain similitude in the endings 

 -erit and -isse. 



(34) 165. 19 conponenda gravius /// my opinion a tvord {perhaps 



versabatur) has been lost after gravius : as the text 

 stands, the relative clause zvhich ends in these words 

 has no verb, for excitavit is the verb of the main 

 clause. 



(35) 166. 12 sed cassum et umbratile V sede et assum, hence sed 



et cassum Accursius {Eyssenhardt), sed cassum Ge- 

 lenius {Gardthausen). I am convinced that the proper 

 reading is sed vicarium. This is just as near the read- 

 ing of V as Accursius' sed et cassum, but in the latter 

 conjecture et is indefensible and cassum is nearly synon- 

 ymous with umbratile. On the other hand vicarium 

 not only is recommended by the rhythm but adds point 

 to the sentence. Jovian, riding on the bier of Con- 

 stantius, received homage in lieu of the dead emperor : 

 it portended for him imperium quidem sed vicarium, 

 et umbratile ut ministro rerum funebrium. And there 

 is especial point in the adjective in view of the con- 

 fusion caused among the soldiers when he was pro- 

 claimed emperor by the similarity of the names lovianns 

 and lulianus {see XXV. 5. 6). 



