23. ab expulsīs rēgibus: ‘after the expulsion of the kings;’ cf. post rēgēs exactōs, Ch. 11.
24. māximē … pellerētur: ‘had done the most to drive out Tarquinius.’
25. Tarquiniō: cf. īsdem, Ch. 6. Note the emphasis.
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1. manēret: cf. habērent, above.
3. L. Valerius Pūblicola: Livy, Bk. II, 2, calls him Publius Valerius. Owing to his efforts to secure the rights of the plebeians and for his popular measures he was called Pūblicola, ‘the Partisan of the People.’ He secured the passage of the Valerian law giving to every citizen condemned on a capital charge the right of appeal to the people.
Ch. 10.
7. in vicem sē: ‘each other in turn.’ As the Latin has no reciprocal pronoun it is compelled to resort to various circumlocutions; cf. Caesar, Bk. I, 1, inter se, Bk. II, 10, alius alium circumspectant.
8. tamen: although both the leaders were slain.
10. per annum: cf. annum lūxērunt, Ch. 11.