FOOTNOTES
[97] [That is, without the consent of the senate.]
[98] [Now that they were dispersed among all the tribes, and thus seemingly deprived of influence in the elections, the Italians could, in reality, if they chose, exercise far greater influence than when confined to a few tribes of their own, which always voted last. In all the assemblies they now stood on an equal footing with the rest of the citizens.]
[99] [Appian,[d] however, one of our best authorities for Sulla, says that “he was still of virile age and sound constitution.”]
[100] [This achievement of Sulla is perhaps exaggerated. Either Marius or Sertorius would have been able to put down Mithridates, and restore order in the East. Sulla’s chief service was the reform of the courts and the improvement of the administration.]
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