Part 2 · Introduction

Notes

1. 1

   ξύλοις. What is meant, however, may be the instrument called by the Romans equuleus, a kind of rack in the shape of a horse, commonly used in taking the evidence of slaves.

2. 2

   μαγγάνοις τισί.

3. 3

   The text gives ἀμυντηρίοις ἐκόλαζον, for which Nicephorus reads ἀμυντηριοις τὰς κολάσεις. The ἀμυντηρια were probably the Latin ungulæ, an instrument of torture like claws. So Rufinus understands the phrase.

4. 4

   ἡγεμών. That is probably the Roman Præfectus Augustalis.