ABSTRACT
The fragment dealt with in this article has been attributed to the Annals by both Skutsch (579 Sk.) and Vahlen (567 V.) as one of a large group without specified location (“sedis incertae”). The conjectures are unbelievably far from the paradosis, and even worse: they are all difficult to reconcile with the context in Consentius. As the focus of Consentius is on orbatur/obatu, it is highly improbable that the word should have deviated as much in the course of transmission as is implied in these conjectures. For other reasons, mainly concerning the elisions allowed in the conjectures, Skutsch is critical to every single one of them, but seems none the less, to judge from his obeloi, to keep the door open for some better proposal. Having safeguarded orbatus we are left with five words, the first three of which are not subject to suspicion: huic statuam statui.
