[201] As Brutus was then absent from Borne--_Nam tum Brutus ab Româ, aberat_. From this remark, say Zanchius and Omnibonus, it is evident that Brutus was not privy to the conspiracy. "What sort of woman _Sempronia_ was, has been told in c. 25. Some have thought that she was the wife of Decimus Brutus; but since Sallust speaks of her as being in the decay of her beauty at the time of the conspiracy, and since Brutus, as may be seen in Caesar (B. G. vii., sub fin.), was then very young, it is probable that she had only an illicit connection with him, but had gained such an ascendency over his affections, by her arts of seduction, as to induce him to make her his mistress, and to allow her to reside in his house." _Beauzée_. I have, however, followed those who think that Brutus was the husband of Sempronia. Sallust (c. 24), speaking of the woman, of whom Sempronia was one, says that Catiline _credebat posse--viros earum vel adjungere sibi, vel interficere_. The truth, on such a point, is of little importance. [202] XLI. To be expected from victory--_In spe victoriae_. [203] Certain rewards--_Certa praemia_. "Offered by the senate to those who should give information of the conspiracy. See c. 30." _Kuhnhardt_. [204] Quintus Fabius Sanga--"A descendent of that Fabius who, for having subdued the Allobroges, was surnamed Allobrogicus." _Bernouf_. Whole states often chose patrons as well as individuals. [205] XLII. There were commotions--_Motus erat_. "_Motus_ is also used by Cicero and Livy in the singular number for _seditiones_ and _tumultus_. No change is therefore to be made in the text." _Gerlach_. "Motus bellicos intelligit, _tumultus_; ut Flor., iii. 13." _Cortius_. [206] Having brought several to trial--_Complures--caussâ cognitâ. "Caussum cognoscere_ is the legal phrase for examining as to the authors and causes of any crime." _Dietsch_. [207] Caius Muraena in Further Gaul--_In Ulteriore Galliâ C. Muraena_. All the editions, previous to that of Cortius, have _in citeriore Galliâ_. "But C. Muraena," says the critic, "commanded in Gallia Transalpina, or Ulterior Gaul, as appears from Cic. pro Muraena, c. 41. To attribute such an error to a lapse or memory in Sallust, would be absurd. I have, therefore, confidently altered _citeriore_ into _ulteriore_." The praise of having first discovered the error, however, is due, not to Cortius, but to Felicius Durantinus, a friend of Rivius, in whose note on the passage his discovery is recorded.