30. =neque … īnfrāctus fuit=: lit. ‘neither in any one was courage broken by these’ ＝ ‘and no one’s courage was broken by these (misfortunes).’ =hīs=: sc. _cāsibus_. PAGE 25. CH. 23. 4. =continuae=: ‘repeated’; one following another without any break. 6. =recēderētur=: lit. ‘it should be withdrawn’ ＝ ‘they should withdraw.’ CH. 24. 8. =Metellō=: a coin was struck to commemorate this battle, having the head of Metellus on the one side and an elephant on the other. Metellus was consul a second time in 249 B.C., and was elected Pontifex Maximus in 243 B.C. In 241 B.C. he rescued the Palladium when the Temple of Vesta was on fire. 10. =venientem=: ‘on his arrival’; in Sicily from Africa. 12. =in auxilium=: lit. ‘for aid’ ＝ ‘as auxiliaries.’ 13. =ingentī pompā=: cf. _ultimā perniciē_, Ch. 21. CH. 25. 17. =obtinēret=: ‘obtain’; a late meaning. 18. =nihil … ēgit=: ‘did not act at all’; _i.e._ he made no use of the privileges enjoyed by Roman citizens, but acted as a foreigner on the ground that he had lost his citizenship when he had been captured by the enemy. It was so provided by Roman law, but there was also the provision that when a prisoner returned he recovered his former status. The story of the return of Regulus is more than doubtful. 20. =uxōrem=: according to the view he took she had ceased to be his wife. PAGE 26. 1. =obtinuit=: ‘he gained his point.’ 2. =nūllus admīsit=: ‘no one admitted (to the senate)’; _i.e._ the Romans refused to admit the ambassadors. 3. =negāvit= ＝ _dīxit nōn_. 4. =mānsūrum=: sc. _esse_. CH. 26. 8. =contrā auspicia=: nothing was undertaken by the Romans without consulting the will of the gods. In this case the sacred chickens refused to eat, this being an unfavorable omen, yet Claudius persisted in fighting. 11. =alius=: in classical Latin _alter_ would have been used; cf. _aliī … aliī_, Bk. I, 4. L. Junius is meant. CH. 27. 15. =trecentīs nāvibus=: this fleet was not raised by the state, but by private subscription. The number is generally given as 200. 18. =nāvem aeger ascendit=: ‘embarked with difficulty.’ =vulnerātus … fuerat=: cf. _questa fuisset_, Bk. I, 8. 22. =īnfīnītum=: ‘a very great (amount).’ =aurī=: cf. _argentī_, Ch. 19. 24. =VI Īdūs Mārtiās=: the full expression would be _ante diem sextum Īdūs Mārtiās_; cf. _XI Kal. Māiās_, Bk. I, 1. 25. =tribūta … pāx=: peace was granted finally on these terms: Carthage was to evacuate Sicily, to give up the Roman prisoners without ransom, and to pay a war indemnity of 3,200 talents,--$4,000,000,--one third down and the remainder in ten annual payments. PAGE 27. 1. =licēret=: ‘it might be permitted’; the subject is _redimī captīvōs_. 4. =redīrent=: _iubeō_ generally takes the Accusative and Infinitive, but in poetry and in late prose it sometimes takes _ut_ with the Subjunctive. 5. =ex fiscō=: ‘from the treasury’; a late meaning. CH. 28. 6. =Q. Lutātius=: _Cercō_. =A. Mānlius=: _Torquātus_.