73 in carcere, i.e. at Minturnae, S.E. of Latium. There were extensive marshes in the neighbourhood.
paedor = filth.
82 legibus aevi = the laws that govern time = fatis.—H.
[B.] Marius outlived his fame.
Quid illo cive tulisset
Natura in terris, quid Roma beatius umquam,
Si circumducto captivorum agmine et omni
Bellorum pompa animam exhalasset opimam,
Cum de Teutonico vellet descendere curru?
Juvenal, Sat. x. 278-282.