Ch. 8.
12. Marius: Gaius Marius the younger was elected consul with Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, though he had not yet attained the legal age for the office.
14. dīmicāvit: at Sacriportus, between Signia and Praeneste. Marius was driven to Praeneste, and when the town was captured was slain.
19. portam Collīnam: one of the gates of Rome on the Quirinal Hill. The battle raged so fiercely and the result was so long in doubt, that Sulla is said to have invoked the aid of Pythian Apollo. With this battle the resistance of the Marian party in Italy was at an end.
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Ch. 9.
4. nūllī Rōmānōrum: this was the first time that any one who had not held the office of consul was permitted to celebrate a triumph.
9. XXIV: sc. mīlia with all these numbers, except the last.