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From here, as if moving to another partFor this partitive use of the adjective 363 ff. A.D. cf. Hor., Odes, iii. 23, 8, pomifer anncus;; Sall., Jug. 107, 1, nudum et caecum corpus. of the world, let us come to the sorrows of the African province of Tripolis, over which (I think) even Justice herself has wept; and from what cause these blazed out like flames will appear when my narrative is completed.
6.2
The Austoriani,Ammianus, in xxvi. 4, 5, counts them among the people of Mauritania. who are neighbours to those regions, are savages, always ready for sudden raids and accustomed to live by murder and robbery. These were subdued for a time, but then returned to their natural turbulence, for which they seriously alleged this reason:-
6.3
A certain man of their country, Stachao by name, when he was wandering freely in our territory, it being a time of peace, committed some violations of the laws, among which the most conspicuous was, that he tried by every kind of deceit to betray the province,Apparently by rousing the barbarians against the Romans. as was proved by most trustworthy testimony. Accordingly he was burned to death.
