16. prōmittentēs … implendum: sc. esse; ‘promising the senate and the people that the whole contest would be completed by themselves.’ Prōmittō regularly takes the Future Infinitive.
18. quī singulī: ‘each one of whom.’
dēbērent: cf. esset, Ch. 15.
19. ūnus omnīnō superfuit: see Ihne, p. 163.
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Ch. 17.
1. sequentī tamen annō: in the year after the consuls mentioned in the last chapter.
3. Quīntius: generally written Quīnctius. He held the dictatorial power for fourteen days only, and having completed his work returned to his farm. Later he was again appointed dictator, and again proved himself to be the deliverer of his country.
4. in opere et arāns: the post-classical writers seem to strive almost as much to avoid uniformity in expression as the classical writers strive for it.
5. togam praetextam: by metonomy the badge of office is put for the office itself. The toga praetexta had a red border woven in it. It was the badge of office of the higher magistrates and priests. It was worn by boys also until they reached the age of manhood and by girls until they married.