19. in agrīs: others than inhabitants of Rome possessed Roman citizenship.
21. uxōrem: ‘as his wife.’
Ch. 8.
22. L. Tarquinius Superbus: L. Tarquinius, called Superbus, ‘the Overbearing,’ from his haughty manner and conduct, commenced his reign without any of the forms of election. One of his first acts was to abolish the rights that Servius Tullius had conferred upon the plebeians. All the senators whom he mistrusted and all whose wealth he coveted he put to death or banished. He surrounded himself with a bodyguard, by means of which he was enabled to do what he liked. After several successful campaigns his tyranny caused the people to depose him and drive him from the city.
23. euntibus; lit. ‘for those going’ ＝ ‘as you go.’
24. Gabiōs: ‘the city Gabii’; the name of the town, though plural, is in apposition with cīvitātem.
Page 10.
1. Capitōliō: here the Capitoline Hill.
2. oppūgnāns: ‘while besieging the city’; a clause with cum or dum would have been more usual.
4. ēius: antecedent is L. Tarquinius.