celeritatem, speed; cursum, extent of travel. non . . . quaedam . . . aliqui, it was not that some, etc. remigum: galleys, worked by oars and independent of the wind, were generally used as war vessels. In the Mediterranean (particularly in the Barbary States) their use was continued till a very late day; and for some purposes they are still employed. Their trained crews of rowers gave them a speed hardly less than that of steam vessels. amoenitas: used of objects of sight, beauty of scenery, etc. labor, toil, always with the sense of effort and fatigue. ceteri, as Verres, for instance (see "The Plunder of Syracuse," pp.48 ff.). visenda: the passion for travel and sight-seeing was as common among the ancients as in modern times (of. "The Plunder of Syracuse," p. 52, l. 9; p.57, ll. 5-7).
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