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vidimus: i.e. our age has seen. Cf. Verg. G. 1. 472, quotiens . . . vidimus. Livy, Praef. 5, malorum quae nostra tot per annos vidit aetas. Cf. 1. 35. 34.—flavum: yellow, standing epithet of the Tiber on account of its muddy color (1. 8. 8; 2. 3. 18); multa flavus arena, Verg. Aen. 7. 31. Cf. Arnold, Consolation, 'By yellow Tiber, | They still look fair.'


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