Note 1158 — Chapter VIII · Rome
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E.g. Dion. Hal. IV. 4, “seducing the poor citizens by benevolences and gifts.” So, ibid. 3, 9, 10, 40, and Livy I. 47; Cic. de Rep. II. 21 (38), “Servius began to reign ... because, when Tarquin was falsely said to be seriously wounded but alive, he assumed the royal insignia, and gave judgments and freed debtors at his own expense.”