Note 149 — BOOK XXVII
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
Gaius Lucretius had seen naval service as duumvir navalis on the coast of Liguria in B.C. 181. Livy, 40, 26. He was now (B.C. 171) Praetor, his provincia being the fleet, and commanded 40 quinqueremes. Id. 42, 48.