persequar, ipse auxilii egens, an regno consulam, cujus vitae necisque potestas ex opibus alienis[109] pendet. Utinam emori fortunis meis honestus exitus esset! neu vivere contemptus viderer, si defessus malis injuriae concessissem.[110] Nunc neque vivere libet, neque mori licet sine dedecore. Patres conscripti, per vos liberos[111] atque parentes vestros, per majestatem populi Romani subvenite misero mihi, ite obviam injuriae, nolite pati regnum Numidiae, quod vestrum est, per scelus et sanguinem familiae nostrae tabescere.'[112] [78] Adherbal says that only the administration of Numidia belongs to him, but that the legal title and supremacy belong to Rome--the language of abject servility, by which he wishes to recommend himself to the protection of the senate. [79] _Affines_ are those connected with one another by marriage, whereas _cognati_ are relations by blood. [80] _Sustinere_ is here the same as _ferre_. [81] 'As I was to come to such misery;' that is, as it had been ordained by fate that I should come to such misery. See Zumpt, S 498. [82] Adherbal wishes to be able to solicit the aid of the Romans, in consequence of his own services, rather than those of his ancestors; he then again divides that wish, considering it as most desirable that the Roman people should owe him services without his being in want of them, and next in desirableness that the services which he requires should be performed as services due to him. By this latter sentiment he returns to the point from which he set out--namely, his wish to have done good services (_beneficia_) to the Romans. _Vellem_ in this sentence is followed twice by the accusative with the infinitive (_posse_, to which _me_ is to be supplied, and _beneficia deberi_), and then by a clause with _ut_ (_uti;_ that is, _ut--uterer_). _Secundum ea_, 'next to,' or 'next after this,' according to the etymology of _secundum_ from _sequor_. [83] _In manu fuit_, an expression not uncommon in the comic poets; _in manu alicujus est_, 'it is in a person's power.' [84] 'At a time when the good fortune of the Romans did not render it so desirable to enter into connection with them as their fidelity and trustworthiness.' [85] 'Do not allow me in vain to pray for your assistance.' _Me_ in this sentence is accompanied by two accusatives in apposition, first _progeniem_, and then _nepotem Masinissae_. [86] Observe the unusual combination _Romani populi_ for _populi Romani_, which is to be explained by the fact, that here _Romani_ is the more emphatic word, placing the Roman people in contrast with other nations. [87] 'O I, unfortunate man! to what result, father Micipsa, have thy good services led!' For the accusative _me miserum_, see Zumpt, S 402; and for the double suffix in _hucine_, S 132. [88] 'Never, then, will our family be at peace!' an exclamation to which