Note 2 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE
Reading edition
: obsīdĕre—curiam: “to beset the senate house in arms.” Romulus divided the people into three tribes (tribus) and each tribe was divided into ten wards (curiae). Each curia had a temple for the performance of its religious rites and for holding political meetings: the root is cur: “to be powerful;” cp. Quirites, hence, “the powerful men”: κύριος, κοίρανος —cum gladiis = armati.