[73.2] variīs . . . adfēcit: ‘he punished in various ways.’
[73.3] ‘lawless reign,’ ‘wild revel.’
[73.4] Cf. [p. 2, n. 18].
[73.5] quī . . . peteret: rel. clause of result: H 591, 1 (503, I): M 838: A 320: G 631: B 283.
[73.6] cīvīlī lūctū: ‘at the price of (lit. by means of) grief to his fellow-citizens.’
[73.7] tacita . . . fuit: ‘(though) unexpressed was in a sense (quaedam) a criticism,’ etc.
[73.8] ingentī . . . laetitiā: ‘to the great joy of every one’; cf. [p. 27, n. 3].
[73.9] Join with facile, and see [p. 19, n. 15].
[73.10] armātus = bellō; togātus = pāce. Cf. [l. 125]. The toga was the regular dress of civilians.
[74.1] Erat dūrior ad: ‘He was rather hard as regards,’ i.e. ‘he had no liking for.’