7. fugātī sunt: note the difference in form and meaning between fugāre and fugere.
8. nōn multō post: lit. ‘not after by much’ ＝ ‘not long after.’
9. mīlia captīvōrum: it was customary to adorn the procession of the victorious general, when he was celebrating a triumph, with the captives he had taken in the campaign. When the procession passed up the Capitoline Hill to the Temple of Jupiter, the captives were led aside to the Mamertine prison at the foot of the hill and were strangled.
Ch. 6.
11. Latīnī: Creighton, p. 27.
12. mīlitēs praestāre: it was the custom of Rome to compel the states she had subdued to furnish soldiers for the Roman army. These were used as auxiliary forces.
ex Rōmānīs: cf. ex seniōribus, Bk. I, 2.
13. quī modus ＝ modus quī; ‘a force which.’
14. parvīs … rēbus: ‘although up to this time the Roman state was small.’