[51.3] dat.; cf. [p. 2, n. 7]. After a victory, captured arms, as well as a portion of the captured treasure, were hung up in some temple as a thank-offering to the gods.
[51.4] singulīs . . . ānulīs: ‘a ring apiece.’
[51.5] vix . . . manūs: i.e. they hardly had clerks and tablets sufficient to keep the record of contributions.
[51.6] redimendī suī: ‘of ransoming themselves.’ H 626, 3 (542, I, N. 1): M 1000: A 298, a: G 428, R. 1: B 339, 5.
[51.7] velutī . . . oblītus: ‘pretending to have forgotten something.’ How literally?
[51.8] A neuter pronoun or adjective is often used with verbs of remembering or forgetting. Contrast oblīta frātrum, IV, 37, and note.
[51.9] ‘maintained, held.’
[52.1] abl. abs.: ‘though their affairs were at the lowest ebb.’
[Text-only version] [XXI.] Pūblius Cornēlius Scīpiō Āfricānus
