15. vénit. See the note on 3, 13.

17. quod … cónfírmáret, a relative clause of purpose.

19. essent, subjunctive in informal indirect discourse, or by attraction to oblineret.

20. hominibus. See the note on 34, 24.

21. mágnitúdine et víribus, ablative of specification.

40. 2. nihil valére, 'prevailed not.'

5. quá in ré. See the note on 11, 25.

6. cónfécerit. See the note on 19, 22.

8. quós. See the note on quíbus, 20, 1.

9. autem. See the note on 5, 8.