afterwards an interrogative sentence with _ne_ is appended. The former also might have been expressed by _numquamne ergo_, &c. [89] The subjunctive _jussissetis_ indicates a repeated action. See Zumpt, S 569. The senate and people of Rome had the right to make war and peace throughout the extent of the Roman dominion, so that the allied nations and kings were obliged to regard those against whom the Romans declared war as their own enemies; as, for example, not long since, the Numantines. [90] 'Who being a brother, was at the same time a relation.' Respecting this use of the pronoun _idem_, when the two predicates are added to one subject, see Zumpt, S 697. [91] _Non queo_; that is, _nequeo_, or _non possum_. [92] _Extorris_ (from _terra_), as _exsul_ from _solum_, 'homeless.' Respecting the ablative denoting separation or privation, see Zumpt, S 468. [93] _Tutius_; the adjective _tutior_ also might have been used. Respecting the use of adverbs with esse, see Zumpt, S 365. [94] _Maxime tutos_; that is, _omnium tutissimos_. [95] 'Whatever was in the power of our family;' _quod per familiam nostram stetit_. [96] This inserted clause belongs to the following _propinquus_. The demonstrative _id_ (or _is_) is omitted, and the relative clause precedes the word to which it refers. See Zumpt, SS 765, 813. [97] _Pars--pars_; that is, _alii--alii_; whence the verb is in the plural. [98] _Exigere vitam_ for _agere vitam_, but implying a long and sorrowful life. [99] 'Which out of friendly things (circumstances), have become hostile.' The neuter _necessaria_ also comprises the persons who are termed _necessarii_, 'persons connected by ties of relationship or friendship;' such as in particular Jugurtha, the adoptive brother of the speaker. [100] 'Whither shall I turn myself? whom shall I call to my assistance?' Donatus, an ancient grammarian, in his commentary on Terence, quotes from Sallust _quo accidam?_ 'whither shall I turn myself for assistance?' but none of the manuscripts has that reading in this passage. [101] He alludes to the nations and kings who were still independent and had not yet been incorporated with the Roman empire, especially the kings of Syria and Egypt, and perhaps also the king of Mauritania. [102] Sallust might have said _hujus imperii_, but he prefers the dative, which is a dativus incommodi. [103] _Secundus_, 'favourable,' according to its derivation from _sequor_, is especially used of a favourable wind, but also in the general sense of 'assisting,' or 'devoted to.' [104] _Fatigare_, 'to importune a person with prayers.' See note chap. 3. [105] _Quodutinam_ connects this sentence in an animated manner with the preceding, otherwise _utinam_ alone might be used. 'Yes, would that I could but see Jugurtha feigning these very things.'