[84] 'At a time when the good fortune of the Romans did not render it so
desirable to enter into connection with them as their fidelity and
trustworthiness.'
[85] 'Do not allow me in vain to pray for your assistance.' _Me_ in this
sentence is accompanied by two accusatives in apposition, first
_progeniem_, and then _nepotem Masinissae_.
[86] Observe the unusual combination _Romani populi_ for _populi Romani_,
which is to be explained by the fact, that here _Romani_ is the more
emphatic word, placing the Roman people in contrast with other
nations.
[87] 'O I, unfortunate man! to what result, father Micipsa, have thy good
services led!' For the accusative _me miserum_, see Zumpt, S 402; and
for the double suffix in _hucine_, S 132.
[88] 'Never, then, will our family be at peace!' an exclamation to which
afterwards an interrogative sentence with _ne_ is appended. The
former also might have been expressed by _numquamne ergo_, &c.
[89] The subjunctive _jussissetis_ indicates a repeated action. See
Zumpt, S 569. The senate and people of Rome had the right to make war
and peace throughout the extent of the Roman dominion, so that the
allied nations and kings were obliged to regard those against whom
the Romans declared war as their own enemies; as, for example, not
long since, the Numantines.
[90] 'Who being a brother, was at the same time a relation.' Respecting
this use of the pronoun _idem_, when the two predicates are added to
one subject, see Zumpt, S 697.
[91] _Non queo_; that is, _nequeo_, or _non possum_.
[92] _Extorris_ (from _terra_), as _exsul_ from _solum_, 'homeless.'
Respecting the ablative denoting separation or privation, see Zumpt,
S 468.
[93] _Tutius_; the adjective _tutior_ also might have been used.