Cf. iii., 267, "Nec habet quem porrigat ore trientem." Holyday and Ruperti interpret it, "Do not waste your little remnant in an unprofitable journey to Rome to accuse your plunderer." Gifford says it is merely the old proverb, and renders it, "And though you've lost the hatchet, save the haft." [429] _Modo victis._ Browne explains this by _tantummodo victis_, i. e., only subdued, not plundered; and so Ruperti. [430] _Vivebat._ "And ivory taught by Phidias' skill to live." Gifford. [431] _Dolabella._ There were three "pirates" of this name, all accused of extortion; of whom Cicero's son-in-law, the governor of Syria, seems to have been the worst. [432] _Verres_ retired from Rome and lived in luxurious and happy retirement twenty-six years. [433] _Altis_, or "deep-laden." [434] _Plures._ "More treasures from our friends in peace obtain'd, Than from our foes in war were ever gain'd." Gifford. [435] _Pater._ "They drive the father of the herd away, Making both stallion and his pasture prey." Dryden. [436] _Resinata._ Resin dissolved in oil was used to clear the skin of superfluous hairs. Cf. Plin., xiv., 20, "pudet confiteri maximum jam honorem (resinæ) esse in evellendis ab virorum corporibus pilis." [437] _Gallicus axis._ Cf. Cæs., B. G., i., 51. "The war chariot;" or the "climate of Gaul," as colder than that of Rome, and breeding fiercer men. Cf. vi., 470. "Hyperboreum axem," xiv., 42. [438] _Messoribus._ These reapers are the _Africans_, from whom Rome derived her principal supply of corn. Cf. v., 119. Plin., v., 4. [439] _Circo._ Cf. x., 80, "duas tantum res anxius optat, Panem et Circenses." Tac., Hist., i., 4, "Plebs sordida ac Circo et Theatris sueta." "From those thy gripes restrain, Who with their sweat Rome's luxury maintain, And send us plenty, while our wanton day Is lavish'd at the circus or the play." Dryden. [440] _Marius._ Vid. ad i., 47. [441] _Discinxerit._ Cf. Virg., Æn., viii., 724, "Hic Nomadum genus et discinctos Mulciber Afros." Sil. Ital., ii., 56, "Discinctos Libyas." Money was carried in girdles (xiv., 296), and the Africans wore but little other clothing. For the amount of his plunder, see Plin., ii., Ep. xi., "Cornutus, censuit septingenta millia quæ acceperat Marius ærario inferenda." [442] _Acersecomes._ Some "puer intonsus" with flowing locks like Bacchus or Apollo. Φοῖβος ἀκερσεκόμης. Hom., Il., xx., 39. Pind., Pyth., iii., 26. [443] _Conjuge._ Cf. the discussion in the senate recorded Tac., Ann., iii., 33, _seq._ [444] _Conventus._ "Loca constituta in provinciis juri dicundo." The different towns in the provinces where the Roman governors held their courts and heard appeals. The _courts_ as well as the _towns_ were called by this name. They were also called Fora and Jurisdictiones. Vid. Plin., III., i., 3; V., xxix., 29. Cic. in Verr., II., v., 11. Cæs., B. G., i., 54; vi., 44. [445] _Celæno._ Cf. Virg., Æn., iii., 211, "dira Celæno Harpyiæque aliæ."