11. quō morbō mortuō: ‘and when he had died.’ The Latin relative is very often best translated by ‘and’ with a personal pronoun. For the case of morbō, cf. morbō, Ch. 3.
12. iterum: construe with sūmpsit.
Ch. 11.
18. Porsennā: Lars Porsenna, king of Clusium in Etruria. He aided the Tarquins as they had come from Etruria. See Macaulay’s Lays of Ancient Rome, Horatius.
Rōmam paene cēpit: Ihne (p. 89) thinks that by this is meant that the Etruscans conquered the city.
22. Tusculum: said to have been founded by Telegonus, the son of Ulysses. It was always one of the most important of the Latin towns, and was a favorite resort of the Roman aristocracy. Cicero had a villa there.
24. cōnsenuit: lit. ‘he grew old’ ＝ ‘lived to be an old man.’
26. dē hīs: ‘over them’; the regular expression used for a triumph celebrated for a victory over an enemy.