[Linenotes: 2. +illa+, i.e. _Flora_, the Roman goddess of Flowers and Spring. 3. +luxuriae instrumenta+ = _appliance of luxury_. 5. +locuples+ (_locus + plenus_) = _rich in lands_. +pecunia+ from +pecus+, _cattle_ being in olden time the chief form of wealth and the chief medium of exchange. For +pecus+, cf. _fee_, _fief_, _feudal_. 7. +Venerat ... saltus+ = _it had grown into a custom to feed (cattle) on the public forest-pastures_. (Cf. the ager publicus.) --H. 9. +sua publica+ = _their common property_, i.e. their interest in the public land. +vulgus+ here = _the commons_, not the _plebs_ as opposed to the _populus_. 10. +inertis erat+ = _it was the mark of a man wanting in spirit_. 12. +Publicios.+ L. and M. Publicius Malleolus,[21] plebeian aediles, B.C. 241. +animus ... viris+, i.e. information had before been given but no aedile dared to act upon it. 13. +recipit+ = _takes up the charge at the Comitia_. +multam+ = _a fine_. Cf. to mulct = to fine. 14. +publica cura+ = _their public spirit_. --H. 15. +multa ... mihi+, i.e. a new Temple was built to Flora near the Circus Maximus. +ludos novos+ = _the Floralia_. 16. +Parte locant+ (sc. _muniendum_) +Clivum+ = _with the (other) part they contract for (the making of) the Clivus_, a sloping road, called the Clivus Publicius, which led up to the Aventine.] [Footnote 21: For Malleolus, cf. Charles Martel of France, ‘The Hammer’ circ. 689-741 A.D.] THE CONQUEST OF ITALY, 366-266 B.C. D30 SECOND INVASION OF THE GAULS, 361 B.C. _Manlius and his son Torquatus._ L. Manlio, cum dictator fuisset, M. Pomponius tribunus plebis diem dixit, quod is paucos sibi dies ad dictaturam gerendam addidisset; criminabatur etiam, quod Titum filium, qui postea est Torquatus appellatus, ab hominibus relegasset et ruri habitare {5} iussisset. Quod cum audivisset adulescens filius negotium exhiberi patri, accurrisse Romam et cum prima luce Pomponii domum venisse dicitur. Cui cum esset nuntiatum, qui illum iratum allaturum ad se aliquid contra patrem arbitraretur, surrexit e {10} lectulo remotisque arbitris ad se adulescentem iussit venire. At ille, ut ingressus est, confestim gladium destrinxit iuravitque se illum statim interfecturum, nisi ius iurandum sibi dedisset se patrem missum esse facturum. Iuravit hoc terrore coactus Pomponius; {15} rem ad populum detulit, docuit cur sibi causa desistere necesse esset, Manlium missum fecit. Tantum temporibus illis ius iurandum valebat. Atque hic T. Manlius is est, qui ad Anienem Galli, quem ab eo provocatus occiderat, torque detracto cognomen {20} invenit, cuius tertio consulatu Latini ad Veserim fusi et fugati. CICERO, _de Officiis_, iii. § 112.