by the principal verb; here the presence of F. in
Gaul might be regarded as _a cause_ of the crime. It is more than doubtful,
however, whether in actual use the subjunctive in these phrases continued
to carry with it to Latin readers any idea of cause. See Roby, 1720,
Kennedy, 211; also A. 325, 323 and footnote 1; G. 586 with Rem.; H. 521,
II. 2 and footnote 1. -- EXORATUS EST: 'was persuaded'; cf. Liv. 39, 43. --
SECURI FERIRET: the story was that L. Flamininus himself acted as
executioner. -- EORUM QUI ... ESSENT: the subjunctive because of the
class-notion, 'of such persons as were'. -- TITO CENSORE: _i.e._ in 189
B.C.; see n. on 1. -- FLACCO: L. Valerius Flaccus was the life-long friend
of Cato, and his colleague in the consulship and in the censorship. He
entirely favored Cato's political views. See Introd. -- IMPERI DEDECUS:
Flamininus was at the time Roman governor of the district.

43. AUDIVI E: Cic. uses _audire ex, ab_, and _de aliquo_, almost
indifferently. -- PORRO: 'in turn'; literally 'farther on', here = 'farther
back'; cf. Livy 27, 51. -- C. FABRICIUM: see n. on 15. -- CINEA: the famous
diplomatist, minister of Pyrrhus. He was a pupil of Demosthenes and himself
one of the most famous orators of his time. Cineas was the ambassador who
tried to negotiate peace on the occasion mentioned in 16. -- SE SAPIENTEM
PROFITERETUR: the omission of _esse_ is common in such phrases; _e.g._ Fin.
5, 13 _Strato physicum se voluit_. Epicurus, who is here meant (born 342
B.C., died 270), was blamed for calling himself [Greek: sophos] or
_sapiens_. Others, says Cicero, who had borne the title had waited for the
public to confer it on them (Fin. 2, 7). -- EUMQUE: 'and yet he'; cf. n. on
13 _vixitque_. -- FACEREMUS: for the tense cf. n. on 42 _efficeret_; also
_expeteretur_ below. -- AD ... REFERENDA: 'ought to be judged by the
standard of pleasure', _i.e._ anything which brings pleasure may be
regarded as good, and its opposite bad. So in Greek [Greek: epanapherein ti
eis ti]. On the moral teachings of Epicurus consult Zeller, Stoics,
Epicureans, and Sceptics, Ch. 19; Ueberweg, History of Philosophy, Sec. 59;
Guyan, La morale d'Epicure et ses rapports avec les doctrines
contemporaines. -- CURIUM ... CORUNCANIUM: see n. on 15. -- ID ...
PERSUADERETUR: intransitive verbs are used in the passive only impersonally
(Roby, 1422; A. 230; G. 199, Rem. 1; H. 301, 1); when so used the dative
may follow as in the active (see Madvig, 244