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... Tigrani mittit, occulto praecepto, compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent....

compositius...quam festinantius: double comparative construction, "in a more orderly/skillful manner (rather) than in a more hasty manner. Cf. Lewis & Short s.v. compono: adv.: compŏsĭtē (conp- ), in an orderly, regular, or skilful manner, orderly, regularly, properly (class. but rare; “not in Quint.); comp.: “compositiu," “compositius cuncta quam festinantius agerent,” Tac. A. 15, 3.