18. =capita=: ‘souls’; cf. our expression ‘head of cattle.’ 19. =in agrīs=: others than inhabitants of Rome possessed Roman citizenship. 21. =uxōrem=: ‘as his wife.’ CH. 8. 22. =L. Tarquinius Superbus=: L. Tarquinius, called Superbus, ‘the Overbearing,’ from his haughty manner and conduct, commenced his reign without any of the forms of election. One of his first acts was to abolish the rights that Servius Tullius had conferred upon the plebeians. All the senators whom he mistrusted and all whose wealth he coveted he put to death or banished. He surrounded himself with a bodyguard, by means of which he was enabled to do what he liked. After several successful campaigns his tyranny caused the people to depose him and drive him from the city. 23. =euntibus=; lit. ‘for those going’ ＝ ‘as you go.’ 24. =Gabiōs=: ‘the city Gabii’; the name of the town, though plural, is in apposition with _cīvitātem_. PAGE 10. 1. =Capitōliō=: here the Capitoline Hill. 2. =oppūgnāns=: ‘while besieging the city’; a clause with _cum_ or _dum_ would have been more usual. 4. =ēius=: antecedent is _L. Tarquinius_. =et ipse Tarquinius iūnior=: ‘also a Tarquin (but) younger’ ＝ ‘who was also called Tarquinius’; his praenomen was Sextus. 5. =Lucrētiam=: for the interesting story of Lucretia, see _The Story of the Romans_, p. 62. =eandemque=: ‘who was also’; H. 508, 3 (451, 3); M. 446, 1; A. & G. 195, _e_; G. 310; B. 248. 6. =stuprāsset=: ‘had offered violence to.’ _Stuprāsset_ for _stuprāvisset_, cf. _rēgnāsset_, Ch. 4. 7. =questa fuisset=: for _questa esset_. Eutropius generally uses _essem_, etc., in the Pluperfect Passive Subjunctive. For other exceptions see Bk. II, 9, 22. He ordinarily uses _fueram_, etc., for _eram_ in the Pluperfect Passive Indicative. 8. =parēns et ipse=: ‘a relative likewise,’ _i.e._ as well as Collatinus. He was the son of Marcus Iunius and Tarquinia, the second daughter of Tarquinius Superbus. He was called ‘Brutus,’ _i.e._ ‘the Stupid,’ on account of the mental imbecility he feigned to deceive Tarquinius. _Parēns_, ‘relative,’ a late meaning. 10. =eum=: refers to the king. =quī=: antecedent is _exercitus_. 13. =rēgnātum est=: lit. ‘it was ruled’ ＝ ‘the dynasty lasted.’ 14. =annīs=: Eutropius and some other post-classical writers use the Ablative of Time within which for the Accusative of Duration of Time. The Ablative makes prominent the limits that mark the time. 15. =ubi plūrimum=: lit. ‘where most’ ＝ ‘at the most,’ at the place of the widest extent. CH. 9. 17. =hinc=: ‘from this time.’ =cōnsulēs=: at first they were called _praetōrēs_, ‘leaders.’ The consuls were elected by the Comitia Centuriata, the new assembly organized by Servius Tullius. =coepēre= ＝ _coepērunt_. 18. =alter eum=: note the fondness of the Latin for antitheses. It tends to place contrasted words near each other. Often the observance of this is of assistance in determining the meaning of a passage. 20. =annuum=: ‘lasting one year.’