[Linenotes: 11. +in templo magistratuum+ = _on the magistrates’ bench_, (or _tribunal_). 12. +Decium Magium+, one of the few Capuan nobles faithful to Rome. 14-15. +negaret ... posse+ = _urged that by the terms of the treaty_ (i.e. between the Capuans and H.) _this could not be insisted on_. --Church and Brodribb.] C27 SECOND PUNIC WAR, 218-202 B.C. _The Revolt of Capua, 216-211 B.C._ (2) A. _‘Capua,’ it is said, ‘became Hannibal’s Cannae.’_ Cum victoria Hannibal posset uti, frui maluit relictaque Roma Campaniam Tarentumque peragrare, ubi mox et ipse et exercitus ardor elanguit adeo ut vere dictum sit Capuam Hannibali Cannas fuisse. Si quidem invictum Alpibus, indomitum armis Campani--quis {5} crederet?--soles et tepentes fontibus Baiae subegerunt. FLORUS, II. vi. 21-22. [Linenotes: 2. +Campaniam Tarentumque+, once the two most fertile districts in Italy. 4. +Capuam ... fuisse.+ Ihne says: ‘Whatever may have been the pleasures and indulgences of Hannibal’s troops in Capua, their military qualities cannot have suffered by them, as the subsequent history of the war sufficiently demonstrates.’ 7-8. +tepentes fontibus Baiae+, on a small bay west of Naples and opposite Puteoli, abounded in warm mineral springs.] B. _The Punishment of Rebel Capua, 211 B.C._ Ad septuaginta principes senatus interfecti, trecenti ferme nobiles Campani in carcerem conditi; alii per sociorum Latini nominis urbes in custodias {10} dati variis casibus interierunt; multitudo alia civium Campanorum venum data. De urbe agroque reliqua consultatio fuit, quibusdam delendam censentibus urbem praevalidam, propinquam, inimicam. Ceterum praesens utilitas vicit; nam propter agrum, quem {15} omni fertilitate terrae satis constabat primum in Italia esse, urbs servata est, ut esset aliqua aratorum sedes. Urbi frequentandae multitudo incolarum libertinorumque et institorum opificumque retenta; ager omnis et tecta publica populi Romani facta. {20} LIVY, xxvi. 16. [Linenotes: 10. +sociorum Latini nominis+ = _sociorum_ +ac+ _Latini nominis_, which includes all the Italian allies. ‘The _Nomen Latinum_ were the members of the old Latin league whose rights were reduced in 338 B.C. after the Latin War.’ --Rawlins. 13. +delendam.+ Cf. Cato’s _Delenda est Carthago_. 15-17. +agrum ... in Italia esse.+ Cf. Verg. _Georg._ ii. 224-5: ‘Such is the tilth of wealthy Capua and the coast that borders the Vesuvian ridge.’ --Mackail. 18. +frequentandae+ = _for the purpose of peopling_. 19. +institorum+ = _pedlars or dealers_. Cf. our ‘commercial travellers’. 20. +publica ... facta+ = _confiscated_. ‘This _ager publicus_ was leased by the censors to farmers (_aratores_) who paid rent (_vectigal_) for it.’ --R.] C28 SECOND PUNIC WAR, 218-202 B.C. _Marcellus at Nola, 216 B.C._