_ductor prioris centuriae primi pili_ was the principal centurion in
a legion. The treachery of such an officer, therefore, is the more
surprising. To the pronoun _ea_ supply _via_; _ea_, with this
ellipsis, is used as an adverb in the sense of 'there.' See Zumpt,
S 207, 288.
[231] In accordance with the rules on the oratio obliqua, Sallust ought
to have written _teneat_.
[232] A _jugum_ was formed by two lances fixed in the ground, and a
third fastened across them so as to form a gate. When an army
confessed itself to be conquered, and after capitulating, was allowed
to depart, the troops had to march under a yoke of this description.
[233] Literally: 'because the disgrace was exchanged for the fear of
death;' that is, by enduring it, they became free from the fear of
death.

39. Sed ubi ea Romae comperta sunt, metus atque maeror civitatem
invasere. Pars dolere pro gloria imperii, pars insolita rerum bellicarum
timere libertati,[234] Aulo omnes infesti, ac maxime, qui bello saepe
praeclari fuerant, quod armatus dedecore potius quam manu salutem
quaesiverat. Ob ea consul Albinus ex delicto fratris invidiam ac deinde
periculum timens, senatum de foedere consulebat, et tamen interim
exercitui supplementum scribere, ab sociis et nomine Latino[235] auxilia
accersere, denique omnibus modis festinare. Senatus ita, uti par fuerat,
decernit, suo atque populi injussu nullum potuisse foedus fieri. Consul
impeditus a tribunis plebis, ne, quas paraverat copias, secum portaret,
paucis diebus in Africam proficiscitur; nam omnis exercitus, uti
convenerat, Numidia deductus, in provincia hiemabat. Postquam eo venit,
quamquam persequi Jugurtham et mederi fraternae invidiae animo ardebat,
cognitis militibus, quos praeter fugam, soluto imperio, licentia atque
lascivia corruperat, ex copia rerum[236] statuit sibi nihil agitandum.