16. capitis damnātus: lit. ‘having been condemned of the head’ ＝ ‘having been condemned on a capital charge’; cf. our expression ‘capital punishment.’
sē vetante: cf. parvīs … rēbus, Ch. 6. Sē; the antecedent is Papīrius.
Ch. 9.
19. T. Veturiō … cōnsulibus: cf. C. Fabiō … cōnsulibus, Bk. I, 16.
20. vīcērunt: at the battle of the Caudine Forks, a narrow pass east of Campania. The commander of the Samnites was Gavius Pontius. See The Story of the Romans, p. 113.
sub iugum: the yoke was formed by sticking two spears in the ground and fastening a third on top. To pass under the yoke was a sign of subjection, and is equivalent to our expression ‘laying down arms.’ Livy, Bk. IX, VI, describes the process.
21. pāx … solūta est: a Roman general could not make peace with the enemy without the ratification of the senate and the people.
22. ipsīs: see note on ipsōs, Bk. I, 20.
facta fuerat: see note on facta fuisset, Bk. I, 8.