Note 369 — Chapter III · THE THIRTY-FIVE TRIBES

Instances of public expenditure for the equipment or pay of troops before this date (Dion. Hal. v. 47. 1; viii. 68. 3; ix. 59. 4; Livy iv. 36. 2) are either exceptional or more probably historical anticipations of later usage. That before 406 the soldiers drew pay from their tribes (Mommsen, Röm. Trib. 32; Lange, Röm. Alt. i. 540) is disproved by Soltau, Altröm Volksversamml. 407 f.