[37.6] rēs . . . ābiit: i.e. it became a regular custom. Cf. sevēritās . . . abeat, XIII, 63.
[37.7] ‘whoever.’
[37.8] Hōc terrōre: i.e. ‘by the terror occasioned by this (act).’
[37.9] adigō.
[37.10] At Beneventum, 275 B.C.
[37.11] Īnsīgnem . . . elephantī: ‘this triumph was made notable by the presence of four elephants.’ How literally?
[37.12] Cf. [p. 25, n. 7].
[37.13] Cum . . . putārētur: with renovātūrus sc. esse. For the personal construction, see [p. 7, n. 12].
[37.14] Sc. populō Rōmānō. Its subject is the clause Mānium . . . fierī; hence the infin. fierī.
[37.15] ‘was besieging.’ Cf. [p. 3, n. 14].