1 XLIII. Of a character uniformly irreproachable] “Famâ tamen œquabili et inviolatâ. Æquabilis” is uniform, always the same, keeping an even tenor.
2 Regarded all things as common to himself and his colleague] “Ali omnia sibi cum collegâ ratus.” “"Other matters, unconnected with the war against Jugurtha, he thought that he would have to manage in conjunction with his colleague, and that, consequently, he might give but partial attention to them; but that the war in Numidia was committed to his sole care."” Cortius. Other interpretations of these words have been suggested; but they are fanciful and unworthy of notice.
3 Princes] “Reges.” Who these were, the commentators have not attempted to conjecture.
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