22. 4. tantum, an adverb.

5. dederit. See the note on 19, 22.

9. quo in loco. See the note on 11, 25. essent. See the note on 21, 22.

10. sibi, the indirect reflexive.

12. et ... et, 'both ... and.'

18. progredi, 'from proceeding.'

19. prohibebant, 'attempted to prevent,' imperfect of attempted action.
Notice that the use of the imperfect to express customary, repeated, or
attempted action follows naturally from its use to denote action going on
in past time. The present, the tense which denotes action going on in
present time, has the same special uses.

20. barbari. This word was used by the Greeks of all other peoples; by
the Romans it was used of all but the Greeks and themselves.

24. ceciderunt. Let the quantity of the _i_ tell you whether this comes
from _cado_ or _caedo_. Is occiderint a compound of _cado_ or _caedo_?

25. in talibus rebus, _i.e_. when a god intervenes in behalf of his
favorite.

26. nihil incommodi, 'no harm,' literally 'nothing of harm'; incommodi is
partitive genitive.