Note 1 — URBIS RŌMAE VIRĪ INLŪSTRĒS Complete text as printed
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36.1 proficīscor.
36.2 vincō.
36.3 partitive gen.: cf. p. 30, n. 2.
36.4 Cf. p. 4, n. 11.
36.5 capiō.
36.6 i.e. from the ager, or the money derived from the sale of the hominēs.
36.7 Cf. p. 26, n. 8.
36.8 See p. 5, n. 15; cf. also H 456 (409, II): M 582: A 220: G 378: B 208, 1.
36.9 catīllō . . . prōlātō (prōferō) iūrāret = catīllum prōferret et iūrāret. Cf. p. 2, n. 8.
36.10 H 477, I (421, I): M 253: A 249: G 407: B 218, 1.
36.11 cōnsuēscō.
36.12 Join with attulissent.
36.13 adferō.
36.14 nōn . . . imperāre: ‘it was not the having gold that seemed to him glorious, but the ruling over those who had it.’ Give Curius’ exact words.
36.15 subjects of vidērī: cf. p. 6, n. 16.
36.16 = distribuit.
36.17 We would say, ‘that citizen.’
36.18 H 476, 1 (421, III): M 629: A 254, b, 2: G 401, N. 6: B 219.
36.19 Why subjunctive?
36.20 abl. of cause.
36.21 nōmina dare = to hand in one’s name to a recruiting officer, i.e. ‘to volunteer.’
36.22 prīmum nōmen: i.e. the man whose name was first drawn.
36.23 bona . . . subiēcit: i.e. he sold his goods at auction. At Roman auctions, especially of booty taken in war, a spear was set in the ground, just as nowadays a flag is exposed.
37.1 queror.
37.2 The tribūnī plēbis had been created for the express purpose of protecting the people from unjust treatment by the patrician magistrates, especially the consuls. They could veto the acts of any magistrate.
37.3 nihil (adv. acc.) . . . cīve: ‘the state had no need of that citizen.’
37.4 abl. with opus: H 477, III (414, IV): M 646: A 243, e: G 406: B 218, 2.
37.5 For the two datives see p. 25, n. 6.
37.6 rēs . . . ābiit: i.e. it became a regular custom. Cf. sevēritās . . . abeat, XIII, 63.
37.7 ‘whoever.’
37.8 Hōc terrōre: i.e. ‘by the terror occasioned by this (act).’
37.9 adigō.
37.10 At Beneventum, 275 B.C.
37.11 Īnsīgnem . . . elephantī: ‘this triumph was made notable by the presence of four elephants.’ How literally?
37.12 Cf. p. 25, n. 7.
37.13 Cum . . . putārētur: with renovātūrus sc. esse. For the personal construction, see p. 7, n. 12.
37.14 Sc. populō Rōmānō. Its subject is the clause Mānium . . . fierī; hence the infin. fierī.
37.15 ‘was besieging.’ Cf. p. 3, n. 14.
37.16 ‘rushing.’ How literally?
37.17 lībrātam . . . dēiēcit = lībrāvit et dēiēcit.