[88.1] See Vocab., [Hispānia].
[88.2] i.e. even in so insignificant a place.
[88.3] = quod avidus erat.
[88.4] aliīs rēbus: ‘under other circumstances,’ ‘otherwise.’ For the case, see [p. 27, n. 3].
[88.5] The subjunctive here = an imperative: see [p. 31, n. 9]. Note also that colās is an example of the indefinite or universal second person, since the command is addressed, not to any particular individual, but to any one and every one.
[88.6] lūdōs ēdidit: ‘he celebrated games.’ On the magnificence of the games which the Aediles gave depended very largely their chance of promotion to the higher offices.
[88.7] ‘whereby’; abl. of means.
[88.8] sibi . . . sēstertium: with mīlliēs sc. centēna mīlia, and take sēstertium as gen. plural from sēstertius, and dependent on mīlia. Translate: ‘that he needed 100,000,000 sesterces,’ i.e. about $4,000,000. See Vocab., [sēstertius].
[88.9] societātem . . . iūnxit: this combination is called ‘The First Triumvirate.’
[89.1] sī . . . sīgnārent: an instance of the iterative subjunctive ([p. 45, n. 2]) = ‘whenever they affixed their seals as witnesses.’