[Linenotes: 9. +impotentiae+ = _arrogance_ (lack of self-restraint). 10. +Ampius.+ Titus Ampius Balbus, a Pompeian general. 11-12. +Sullam nescisse litteras+ = (i) S. had not profited by the teachings of History, or (ii) S. was without a liberal education.] C. _Death of Sulla, 78 B.C._ Puteolis enim ardens indignatione, quod Granius, princeps eius coloniae pecuniam a decurionibus ad refectionem Capitolii promissam cunctantius daret, {15} animi concitatione nimia atque immoderato vocis impetu convulso pectore, spiritum cruore ac minis mixtum evomuit, nec senio iam prolapsus, utpote sexagesimum ingrediens annum, sed alita miseriis reipublicae inpotentia furens. Igitur in dubio est {20} Sullane prior an iracundia Sullae sit extincta. VALERIUS MAXIMUS, ix. 3. 8. [Linenote: 13. +Granius+, the chief magistrate of Puteoli, had kept back money destined for the building of the new temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. The old one was destroyed by fire 83 B.C. ‘It was Sulla’s great desire that his name should be recorded on the front of the new temple, for it was to be the symbol of the Republic, restored as he fondly hoped by him to its pristine purity.’ --Ihne.] B18 THE LEGES CORNELIAE, 81 B.C. A. _Limitation of the Tribune’s Right of Veto._ In ista quidem re vehementer Sullam probo, qui tribunis plebis sua lege iniuriae faciendae potestatem ademerit, auxili ferendi reliquerit. CICERO, _de Legibus_, iii. 9. 22. [Linenotes: 2. +iniuriae faciendae+, e.g. by their abuse of the right of veto. 3. +auxili ferendi.+ ‘Sulla limited the office of tribune to the original functions for which it was established, _the legal protection of the people from the abuse of magisterial power_.’ --Ihne.] B. _Abolition of Corn Distributions._ Populus Romanus, paullo ante gentium moderator, exutus imperio gloria iure, agitandi inops despectusque ne servilia quidem alimenta relicua habet. SALLUST, _Hist., Orat. M. Lepidi_. [Linenotes: 5. +agitandi inops+ (i.e. _vitam sustentandi_) = _without means of livelihood._ 6. +servilia alimenta+ = _a slave’s allowance of food_. Sulla abolished the largesses of corn.] C. _Restoration of Judicial Functions to the Senators._ Iudicandi munus quod C. Gracchus ereptum senatui ad Equites, Sulla ab illis ad Senatum transtulerat. VELLEIUS PATERCULUS, ii. 32. [Linenote: 8-10. Sulla filled up the gaps in the Senate from the ranks of the Equites, and to the new Senate thus constituted he entrusted the administration of justice.] D. _A Sumptuary Law, Limiting the Expense of the Table._