Roman History, Books I III - Titus Livius
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[Footnote 47: As being out of order, the senate having been convened
to consider the war.]
[Footnote 48: Rex Sacrificulus (see note, page 73).--D.O.]
[Footnote 49: As having been improperly convened.--D.O.]
[Footnote 50: That is, of Valerius, but rather of Appius himself in
restraining him from precipitating matters.--D.O.]
[Footnote 51: Appius's argument is that, if Verginia was living in a
state of slavery under Claudius, as any one might institute an action
to establish her liberty, she would be entitled to her liberty until
the matter was settled: but as she was now living under her father's
protection, and was his property by the right of the patria potestas,
and he was absent, and as other person had a right to keep or defend
her, she ought to be given up to the man who claimed to be her master,
pending her father's return.]
[Footnote 52: Venus Cloacina (she who cleanses).--D.O.]
[Footnote 53: On two sides of the forum were colonnades, between the
pillars of which were tradesmen's booths known as "the Old Booths" and
"the New Booths."]
[Footnote 54: That is, to the infernal gods.]
[Footnote 55: See Macaulay's "Lays of Ancient Rome: Verginia."]
[Footnote 56: The civilian togas.--D. O.]
[Footnote 57: Appius Claudius, a member of their order.--D. O.]
[Footnote 58: From the Colline gate.--D.O.]
[Footnote 59: From whose decision an appeal would lie.]
[Footnote 60: The church of S. Caterina de' Fernari now stands within
its lines.--D.O.]
[Footnote 61: Evidently this could not apply to a dictator.--D. O.]
[Footnote 62: The name consul, although used by Livy (Bk. I, ch. Ix),
was not really employed until after the period of the decemvirs. The
title in early use was praetor: it is not definitely known when the
name judex was attached to the office.]
[Footnote 63: I question the rendering of this sentence. To read
plebis for plebi would very much improve the sense.--D.O.]
[Footnote 64: Twenty years.--D.O.]
[Footnote 65: The misfortunes of the previous campaign were supposed
to exert an influence on the present one.--D.O.]
[Footnote 66: The cavalry at this period wore no defensive armour, and
carried only an ox-hide buckler and a light lance.--D.O.]
[Footnote 67: A victorious general who had entered the city could not
afterward triumph.--D.O.]
[Footnote 68: It was first necessary for these to be adopted into
plebeian families, as none but plebeians were eligible.--D.O.]
[Footnote 69: It stood about where the Arch of Gallienus now
stands.--D.O.]
[Footnote 70: Each legion was divided into ten cohorts.--D.O.]
[Footnote 71: A not unusual method of forcing the charge, as not
only military honour but religious sentiment forbade the loss of the
standards.--D. O.]
[Footnote 72: About twenty miles from Rome in the Alban Mountains. The
village of Ariccia occupies the site of the ancient citadel.--D. O.]
[Footnote 73: Quadruplatores were public informers, so called because
they received a fourth part of the fine imposed: also used in a
general sense of those who tried to promote their interests by
underhand means.]
[Footnote 74: This is one of the best of Livy's books. The story of
Verginia and of the deposition and punishment of the decemvirs is
unexcelled in historical narrative.--D.O.]