_Ultro_. Radically the same with _ultra_==beyond. Properly beyond expectation, beyond necessity, beyond measure, beyond any thing mentioned in the foregoing context. Hence unexpectedly, freely, cheerfully, very much, even more. Here _very_, _quite_. Gr. _Inertia Gallorum_. T., says Gün., is an everlasting persecutor of the Gauls, cf. A. 11. _Haud dubie_==haud dubii. It limits Germanorum populi. _Undoubtedly German tribes_. _Meruerint_. Not merely deserved, but _earned_, _attained_. For the subj. after _quanquam_, cf. note, 35. _Agrippinenses_. From Agrippina, daughter of Germanicus and wife of Claudius. Ann. 12, 27. Now Cologne. _Conditoris_. _Conditor_ with the earlier Latins is an epicene, conditrix being of later date. Here used of Agrippina. Of course _sui_ cannot agree with _conditoris_. It is a reflexive pronoun, the objective gen. after _conditoris_==the founder of _themselves_, i.e. of their state, cf. _odium sui_, 33. _Experimento_. Abl. _on_ trial, not _for_; i.e. in consequence of being found faithful. In reference to the Ubii, cf. His. 4, 28. XXIX. _Virtute_ sc. bellica. _Non multum ex ripa_. _A small tract on the bank, but chiefly an island in the river_. Cf. His. 4, 12: extrema Gallicae orae, simulque insulam, occupavere. _Chattorum quondam_. The very name Batavi is thought by some to be a corrupted or modified form of Chatti. See Rit. in loc. _Transgressus. When_ is not known, but Julius Caesar found them already in possession of their new territory. B.G. 4, 10. _Fierent_. Subj. after _eas--quibus==such that_. H. 500, 2; Z. 556. _Nec--contemnuntur. Are neither dishonored_. So in His. 4, 17. the Batavians are called _tributorum expertes_. _Oneribus. The burdens of regular taxation.--Collationibus. Extraordinary contributions_. _Tela_, offensive; _arma_, defensive armor. _In sua ripa_. On the right or eastern bank of the Rhine. _Agunt_ is to be taken with _in sua ripa_, as well as with _nobiscum_, which are antithetic to each other. Meaning: in situation Germans, in feeling Romans. _Mente animoque. In mind and spirit. Mens_ is properly the understanding, _animus_ the feeling part, and both together comprehend the whole soul. _Acrius animantur. Made more courageous by the influence of their very soil and climate even_ (_adhuc_, cf. note, 19). _Numeraverim_. Subj. cf. note, 2: _crediderim_. _Decumates--exercent. Exercent_==colunt, So Virg. tellurem, terram, humum, solum, &c., _exercere_. _Decumates_==decumanos. Occurs only here. Tithe-paying lands. For their location, see note, 27. _Dubiae possessionis_, i.e. _insecure_, till confirmed by _limite acto promotisque praesidiis_, i.e. _extending the boundary and advancing the garrisons or outposts_. _Sinus. Extreme bend_ or _border_. Cf. note, 1. So Virg. (Geor. 2 123) calls India extremi _sinus_ orbis. _Provinciae_. A province, not any particular one.