[68] All became robbers and plunderers--_Rapere omnes, trahere_. He means that there was a general indulgence in plunder among Sylla's party, and among all who, in whatever character, could profit by supporting it. Thus he says immediately afterward, "neque modum neque modestiam _victores_ habere." [69] which he had commanded in Asia--_Quem in Asiâ dustaverat_. I have here deserted Cortius, who gives _in Asiam_, "into Asia," but this, as Bernouf justly observes, is incompatible with the frequentative verb _ductaverat_. [70] in public edifices and private dwellings--_Privatim ac publice_. I have translated this according to the notion of Burnouf. Others, as Dietsch and Pappaur, consider _privatim_ as signifying _each on his own account_, and _publice_, _in the name of the Republic_. [71] XII. A life of innocence was regarded as a life of ill-nature --_Innocentia pro malivolentiâ duci caepit_. "Whoever continued honest and upright, was considered by the unprincipled around him as their enemy; for a good man among the bad can never be regarded as of their party." _Bernouf_. [72] It furnishes much matter for reflection--_Operae pretium est_. [73] Basest of mankind--_Ignavissumi mortales_. It is opposed to _fortissumi viri_, which follows, "Qui nec fortiter nec bene quidquam fecere." _Cortius_. [74] XIII. Seas covered with edifices--_Maria constructa esse_. Contracta pisces aequora sentiunt, _Jactis in altum molibus_, etc. Hor. Od., iii. 1. --The haughty lord, who lays His deep foundations in the seas, And scorns earth's narrow bound; The fish affrighted feel their waves Contracted by his numerous slaves, Even in the vast profound. _Francis_. [75] To have made a sport of their wealth--_Quibus mihi videntur ledibrio fuisse divitiae_. "They spent their riches on objects which, in the judgment of men of sense, are ridiculous and contemptible." _Cortius_. [76] Luxury--_Cultûs_. "Deliciarum in victu_, luxuries of the table; for we must be careful not to suppose that apparel is meant." _Cortius_. [77] Cold--_Frigus_. It is mentioned by Cortius that this word is wanting in one MS.; and the English reader may possibly wish that it were away altogether. Cortius refers it to cool places built of stone, sometimes underground, to which the luxurious retired in the hot weather; and he cites Pliny, Ep., v. 6, who speaks of _crytoporticus_, a gallery from which the sun was excluded, almost as if it were underground, and which, even in summer was cold nearly to freezing. He also refers to Ambros., Epist. xii., and Casaubon. Ad Spartian. Adrian., c. x., p. 87. [78] XIV. Gaming--_Manu_. Gerlach, Dietsch, Kritzius, and all the recent editors, agree to interpret _manu_ by _gaming_.