Note 98 — Chapter VI · : Death Of Severus, Tyranny Of Caracalla, Usurpation Of Marcinus.—Part IV.
Reading edition
97 (return) [ Tacit. Annal. xiii. 31. * Note: The customs (portoria) existed in the times of the ancient kings of Rome. They were suppressed in Italy, A. U. 694, by the Prætor, Cecilius Matellus Nepos. Augustus only reestablished them. See note above.—W.]