[82.2] ‘(being then) a young man.’ Cf. [p. 44, n. 12].
[82.3] exercitū dīmissō . . . exspectāre = exercitum dīmittere et . . . exspectāre.
[82.4] Cf. [p. 13, n. 12].
[82.5] percellō.
[82.6] Quintus Caecilius Metellus, proconsul in Spain 79-76 B.C.
[82.7] senī: ‘because he was old.’
[82.8] multīs . . . concurrentibus: the abl. abs. here denotes both time and cause; see [p. xxiii], K 6. The prefix in concurrentibus conveys the idea of ‘from every side.’
[82.9] in . . . erat = ab hostibus captus est.
[82.10] altercantēs partiuntur: lit., ‘wrangling they divided’ = ‘they wrangled about the division.’
[83.1] Why subjunctive?