20, § 1. in Britanniam . . . contendit, — 'made' active prepara-
tions for an expedition to Britain '. Look up contendo.
§2. anni. Meusel (J.B., 1910, p. 64) gives the obvious
reason for rejecting this word. It seems very unlikely, however,
that any reader would have written anni on the margin of his
copy, and when I read 22, § 2, vii, 32, § 2 {cum ipso anni tempore
ad gerendum helium vocaretur), and vii, £8, § 2 {quantum diei
tempus est passum), I am inclined to think that the word may be
reasonably defended. Could not one say ' even if the season of
the year did not serve for campaigning ' ? Cf. L. C, i, 271.
§ 3. It would be a mistake to translate temere by ' rashly ' :
it means ' readily ' or 'as an ordinary affair '. Students of
Druidism did undertake the journey (vi, 13, §§ 11-12), but not
temere : they had a serious object in view.
