nobis rem familiarem etiam ad necessaria deesse? illos binas aut amplius domos continuare, nobis larem familiarem[118] nusquam ullum esse? Quum tabulas, signa, toreumata[119] emunt, nova diruunt, alia aedificant, postremo omnibus modis pecuniam trahunt, vexant, tamen summa libidine divitias vincere[120] nequeunt. At nobis est domi inopia, foris aes alienum, mala res, spes multo asperior; denique quid reliqui habemus praeter miseram animam? Quin[121] igitur expergiscimini? En[122] illa, illa, quam saepe optastis, libertas, praeterea divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt. Fortuna omnia ea victoribus praemia posuit. Res, tempus, pericula, egestas, belli spolia magnifica magis quam oratio mea vos hortentur. Vel imperatore vel milite me utimini; neque animus neque corpus a vobis aberit. Haec ipsa, ut spero, vobiscum una consul agam, nisi forte me animus fallit, et vos servire magis quam imperare parati estis.' [112] The author now continues his account of the conspiracy entered into in B.C. 64. [113] _Per ignaviam_, 'by means of cowardice,' here means, 'with the assistance of cowardly men,' 'such as you are not, since I have evidence of your valour and trustworthiness.' _Vana ingenia_ are men of untrustworthy character. In both cases the abstract quality is mentioned instead of the person possessing it. [114] _Diversi_, 'separately;' that is, at different times, and in different places. [115] _Tetrarcha_ is a title which properly belonged only to such princes as ruled over the fourth part of a whole nation. Such a division took place in Galatia, and afterwards also in Judaea. A similar title, _ethnarcha_, but that of king also, was sometimes granted to powerful princes; or, when they had had it before, the Roman senate sometimes allowed them to keep it. [116] _Pro fidem_, or _proh fidem_, is an exclamation, and _pro_ an interjection. The accus. _fidem_ is governed by some such verb as _testor_ or _invoco_. See Zumpt, S 361. [117] _Superare_ here has an intransitive meaning, 'to exist in abundance.' [118] _Lar familiaris_, a domestic or family divinity, whose image stood in the interior of the house, by the domestic altar; hence _lar_, or the plural _lares_, is sometimes used in the sense of 'a house,' or 'home.' [119] _Toreumata_ are the _vasa caelata_ mentioned in chap. 11; works in metal, especially silver, with raised figures. The instrument called by the Latins _caelum_, was called by the Greeks [Greek: toros], whence [Greek: toreuein, toreuma]. [120] 'They cannot master their wealth;' that is, they are not able to spend it. [121] _Quin_--that is, _qui non_ or _quo non_? 'why not?' [122] _En_, as well as _ecce_, are most commonly construed with the accusative.