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Tacitus, Germania 36. 1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

G. M. Lee
Affiliation:
8 Chaucer Road, Bedford

Extract

It is usual to read nomina (Puteolanus), with which three interpretations are possible.

(1) The stronger arrogates to himself the titles of moderation and justice. So in the excellent Rumanian translation of 1871 by Gavrilu J. Munteanu: ‘Cându are sâ decida pumnulu, celu mai tare si atribue titlu de moderatu şi de onestu.’

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1968

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page 382 note 1 (b) fits better than (c) with the sentence that follows; but the strain it places on nomine is—if possible—even greater.