13. =terrōre exercitūs=: ‘on account of his fear of the army’; note the difference in meaning between the Subjective and Objective Genitive; H. 440, 2 (396, III); M. 216, 1; A. & G. 217; G. 363, 2; B. 200. 14. =sē recēpit=: lit. ‘he took himself back’ ＝ ‘he withdrew.’ This march was merely a feint on the part of Pyrrhus. 15. =honōrificē=: the Romans always regarded Pyrrhus as an honorable enemy. Their feelings towards Hannibal were entirely different. 17. =Fābricium=: _C. Fābricius Luscīnus_. He was consul for the first time 283 B.C., when he triumphed over the Boii and Etrurians. He was noted for his extreme frugality and simplicity, as well as for his integrity. He is cited by Cicero and Horace as a type of the Roman citizens of the best days of the Commonwealth. 18. =cognōvisset=: cf. _latrōcinārētur_, Bk. I, 1. 19. =voluerit=: cf. _habuerit_, Bk. I, 11. CH. 13. 25. =pāx displicuit=: it is said that at first the senate wavered; but by the energy of the blind and aged Appius Claudius, who caused himself to be carried into the senate house, their courage was revived. =remandātum est=: ‘word was sent back.’ PAGE 21. 1. =nisi … posse=: this answer passed into a maxim of state. 4. =ante … quam=: note the fondness of the Latin for separating the parts of this and other compounds of the same nature. =veterem=: ‘former.’ =bīnōrum=: ‘two apiece.’ 6. =quālem=: predicate to _Rōmam_; ‘what sort (of a city) he had found Rome (to be).’ 7. =comperisset=, cf. _agerentur_, Ch. 11. CH. 14. 18. =occīsūrum=: cf. note on _prōmittentēs … implendum_, Bk. I, Ch. 16. =sī … aliquid=: ‘if something.’ =pollicērētur=: Imperf. Subjunctive representing the Future Indicative in Direct Discourse; H. 574, 646 (507, I, 527, I); M. 363, 1, 402; A. & G. 307, 1, 337, _a_, 3; G. 595, R. 1; B. 319, B. 19. =dominum=: indicating that the physician was a slave, as was usual at that time. 23. =Lūcānīs et Samnītibus=: they, with the Bruttii, had joined Pyrrhus against Rome. This was the second triumph of Fabricius; cf. note on Fabricius, Ch. 12. He was consul the third time two years after. PAGE 22. 2. =prīmus=: ‘he was the first to.’ 3. =apud Argōs=: it is said that he perished ingloriously in a street fight, 272 B.C. CH. 15. 6. =urbis conditae=: cf. _ab urbe conditā_, Bk. I, Ch. 18. 8. =petierant= for _petīverant_: the shorter forms are more usual in this verb. CH. 16. 11. =dē hīs=: cf. _dē hīs_, Bk. I, Ch. 11. 12. =cīvitātēs= ＝ _urbēs_: see note on _conditā cīvitāte_, Bk. I, Ch. 2. =Beneventum=: its name is said to have been originally _Maleventum_, and to have been changed because of the evil omen it contained. The name Beneventum was given it in 271 B.C. Here Fabricius defeated Pyrrhus 275 B.C. It remained a possession of the Romans during the whole of the Second Punic War and was thanked by the senate for its faithfulness during that critical period. CH. 17.