[407] _Admonere_ is here construed in an unusual manner with two accusatives, one of the person, and the other of the thing, the latter being expressed by a substantive; for the neuter of a pronoun in the accusative is not uncommon--as _hoc, id, illud te admoneo_. [408] _Imperare_ and _imperitare_ are construed with the dative of that over which one rules, or take the preposition in with the accusative or ablative. [409] _Sponsionem facere_ here has the general sense, 'to make a contract,' otherwise it signifies a contract at which security is given, which is lost by him who is condemned. [410] 'They hastened to get through their journey.' The intransitive _pergere_ (like _ire_) containing the notion of an uninterrupted continuance, takes a substantive of the same meaning, or of the same derivation, in the accusative, and thus acquires a transitive meaning. See Zumpt, S 384. [411] _Retinere_; supply _proficiscentes_ or _iter facientes_. [412] 'Devoid of,' or 'without products;' for _gignere_ is used of those things which, like plants or animals, produce other things like themselves. [413] 'Because they had spoiled the affair;' as by quick travelling they might have traversed a considerable extent of country. [414] _Conturbare_, 'to disturb,' or 'to try to throw into confusion;' namely, the agreement. [415] 'The Greeks give the Carthaginians the choice,' for _dant optionem Carthaginiensibus_. The genitive _Carthaginiensium_ occurs in most, and in the best manuscripts. [416] _Ibi_; that is, _in illis finibus_. 80. Jugurtha postquam amissa Thala nihil satis firmum contra Metellum putat, per magnas solitudines cum paucis profectus, pervenit ad Gaetulos,[417] genus hominum ferum incultumque et eo tempore ignarum nominis Romani. Eorum multitudinem in unum cogit ac paulatim consuefacit ordines habere, signa sequi, imperium observare, item alia militaria facere. Praeterea regis Bocchi proximos magnis muneribus et majoribus promissis ad studium sui perducit, quis adjutoribus regem aggressus impellit, uti adversum Romanos bellum incipiat. Id ea gratia facilius proniusque[418] fuit, quod Bocchus initio hujusce belli legatos Romam miserat, foedus et amicitiam petitum, quam rem opportunissimam incepto bello pauci impediverant caeci avaritia, quis omnia honesta atque inhonesta vendere mos erat.[419] Etiam antea Jugurthae filia Bocchi nupserat. Verum ea necessitudo apud Numidas Maurosque levis ducitur, quia singuli pro opibus quisque quam plurimas uxores, denas alii, alii plures habent, sed reges eo amplius.[420] Ita animus multitudine distrahitur, nulla pro socia obtinet,[421] pariter omnes viles sunt.