17. Fābricium: C. Fābricius Luscīnus. He was consul for the first time 283 B.C., when he triumphed over the Boii and Etrurians. He was noted for his extreme frugality and simplicity, as well as for his integrity. He is cited by Cicero and Horace as a type of the Roman citizens of the best days of the Commonwealth.
18. cognōvisset: cf. latrōcinārētur, Bk. I, 1.
19. voluerit: cf. habuerit, Bk. I, 11.
Ch. 13.
25. pāx displicuit: it is said that at first the senate wavered; but by the energy of the blind and aged Appius Claudius, who caused himself to be carried into the senate house, their courage was revived.
remandātum est: ‘word was sent back.’
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1. nisi … posse: this answer passed into a maxim of state.
4. ante … quam: note the fondness of the Latin for separating the parts of this and other compounds of the same nature.
veterem: ‘former.’