recordamini: impen as protasis; § 521, b (310, b); B. 302, 4; G. 593, 4; H. 560, 3 (487, 3); H.-B. 497, 2. quid . . . existimetis: in the direct question it would be the same form, as deliberative subj.; § 444 (268); B. 277; G. 259; H. 557 (486, ii); H.-B. 503. hibernis: notice the strong antithesis to armis. judicando: a great part of the imperator's business would l)e deciding cases of extortion by the publicani, who were of the same class (equites) that held the judicial power in Rome. By not being strict (severus) with them, he might purchase immunity for himself, if brought to trial afterwards on a similar charge.
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