[292] XCIX. When the watches were changed--_Per vigilias: i. e. at the end of each watch, when the guards were relieved. "The nights, by the aid of a clepsydra, were divided into four watches, the termination of each being marked by the blast of a trumpet or horn. See Viget. in. 8: _A tubicine omnes vigiliae committuntur; et finitis horis a cornicine revocantur_." Kritzius He also refers to Liv. vii. 35; Lucan. viii. 24; Tacit. Hist. v. 22. [293] Auxiliary cohorts--_Cohortium_. I have added the word _auxiliary_. That they were the cohorts of the auxiliaries or allies is apparent, as the word _legionum_ follows. Kritzius indeed thinks otherwise, supposing that the cohorts had particular trumpeters, distinct from those of the whole legion. But for this notion there seems to be no sufficient ground. Sallust speaks of the _cohortes sociorum_, c. 58, and _cohortes Ligurum_, c. 100. [294] Sally forth from the camp--_Portis erumpere_. Sallust uses the common phrase for issuing from the camp. It can hardly be supposed, that the Romans had formed a regular camp with gates during the short time that they had been upon the hill, especially as they had fled to it in great disorder. [295] Stupor--_Vecordia_. A feeling that deprived them of all sense. [296] C. in form of a square--_Quadrato agmine_. "A hollow square, with the baggage in the center; see Serv. ad Verg. Aen. xii.121. ... Such an _agmen_ Sallust, in c. 46, calls _munitum_, as it was prepared to defend itself against the enemy, from whatever quarter they might approach." _Kritzius_. [297] Might be endured by them with cheerfulness _Volentibus esset._ A Greek phrase, _Boulomenois eiae._ [298] Dread of shame--_Pudore._ Inducing each to have a regard to his character. [299] CI. Trusting that one of them, assuredly, etc.--_Ratua es omnibus aque aliquos ab tergo hostibus ventures. By aequo Sallust_ signifies that each of the four bodies would have an equal chance of coming on the rear of the Romans. [300] In person and with his officers--_Ipse aliique._ "The _alii_, are the _praefecti equitum,_ officers of the cavalry." _Kritzius._