11. rēgis ēius: apposition with Ancī.
cuī: cf. huic successit, Ch. 4.
Ch. 7.
12. Servius Tullius: the legend of Servius Tullius is as follows: Ocrisia, his mother, was one of the captives taken at Corniculum, and became a slave of Tanaquil, the wife of Tarquinius Priscus. Servius was born and reared at the palace of the king. As Tanaquil by her power of divination had foreseen the greatness of the child, she persuaded Tarquinius to give his daughter to Servius in marriage. At the death of Tarquinius, by the aid of Tanaquil, Servius became firmly fixed in the royal power. The great deeds of Servius were deeds of peace, and he was regarded by posterity as the author of all their civil rights and institutions. Three important events are assigned to him. He reformed the constitution of the state. He extended the boundary of the city and surrounded it with a wall. He established an important alliance by which Rome and the Latin cities became members of one great league.
genitus: lit. ‘born’ ＝ ‘the son.’
13. quoque: as well as Tarquinius Priscus. Quoque must not be confounded with quōque, the Ablative of the pronoun quisque.
15. fossās circum mūrum: portions of the Servian wall still exist.
16. cēnsum: the number of Roman citizens was ascertained every five years, though not always with perfect regularity, for the assessment of taxes and the arrangement of military service. Originally the kings took the census. After the establishment of the republic the duty was performed by the consuls. After 444 B.C., special officers, called censors, had charge of it. The census was concluded with the solemn ceremony of reviewing the newly constituted army, called a lustrum.
orbem terrārum: lit. ‘the circle of lands’ ＝ ‘the world.’
18. capita: ‘souls’; cf. our expression ‘head of cattle.’