[98] Quintus Annius--He is thought by De Brosses to have been the same Annius that cut off the head of M. Antonius the orator, and carried it to Marius. Plutarch, Vit. Marii, c. 44. [99] Marcus Porcius Laeca--He was one of the same _gens_ with the Catones, but of a different family. [100] Lucius Bestia--Of the Calpurnian _gens_. He escaped death on the discovery of the conspiracy, and was afterward aedile, and candidate for the praetorship, but was driven into exile for bribery. Being recalled by Caesar, he became candidate for the consulship, but was unsuccessful. _De Brosses_. [101] Quintus Curius--He was a descendant of M. Curius Dentatus, the opponent of Pyrrhus. He was so notorious as a gamester and a profligate, that he was removed from the senate, A.U.C. 683. See c. 23. As he had been the first to give information of the conspiracy to Cicero, public honors were decreed him, but he was deprived of them by the influence of Caesar, whom he had named as one of the conspirators. Sueton. Caes. 17; Appian. De Bell. Civ., lib. ii. [102] M. Fulvius Nobilior--"He was not put to death, but exiled, A.U.C. 699. Cic. ad Att. iv., 16." _Bernouf_. [103] Lucius Statilius--of him nothing more is known than is told by Sallust. [104] Publius Gabinius Capito--Cicero, instead of Capito, calls him Cimber. Orat. in Cat., iii. 3. The family was originally from Gabii. [105] Caius Cornelius--There were two branches of the _gens Cornelia_, one patrician, the other plebeian, from which sprung this conspirator. [106] Municipal towns--_Municipiis_. "The _municipia_ were towns of which the inhabitants were admitted to the rights of Roman citizens, but which were allowed to govern themselves by their own laws, and to choose their own magistrates. See Aul. Gell, xvi. 13; Beaufort, Rep. Rom., vol. v." _Bernouf_. [107] Marcus Licinius Crassus--The same who, with Pompey and Caesar, formed the first triumvirate, and who was afterward killed in his expedition against the Parthians. He had, before the time of the conspiracy, held the offices of praetor and consul. [108] XVIII. But previously, etc.--Sallust here makes a digression, to give an account of a conspiracy that was formed three years before that of Catiline. [109] Publius Autronius and Publius Sylla--The same who are mentioned in the preceding chapter. They were consuls elect, and some editions have the words _designati consules_, immediately following their names. [110] Having been tried for bribery under the laws against it --_Legibus ambitus interrogati_. _Bribery at their election_, is the meaning of the word _ambitus_, for _ambire_, as Cortius observes, is _circumeundo favorem et suffragia quaerere_. De Brosses translates the passage thus: "Autrone et Sylla, convaincus d'avoir obtenu le consulat par corruption des suffrages, avaient été punis selon la rigueur de la loi". There were several very severe Roman laws against bribery. Autronius and Sylla were both excluded from the consulship.