[7.1] rēgnum . . . sociāvit: i.e. henceforth there were two kings.
[7.2] By the inhabitants of Laurentum, whose ambassadors he had insulted.
[7.3] Note the force of the prefix: the sovereignty ‘came back,’ or ‘devolved again’ upon Romulus, precisely as before he shared it with Tatius.
[7.4] abl. of means.
[7.5] Cf. [p. 5, n. 3].
[7.7] ‘When’: H 600, II (521, II): M 858: A 325: G 585: B 288.
[7.8] ad . . . lūstrandum = ut . . . lūstrāret. What does the gerundive construction express?
[7.9] Sc. Mārtiō. See Vocab., [campus], and map, [p. xxviii].
[7.10] Caprae palūdem: ‘Goat Swamp.’