[20.10] Cf. [p. 19, n. 12].
[20.11] H 603, 2 (519, 2): M 921: A 328: G 572: B 293, III, 2, and [p. xx], G 3.
[20.12] dat. with dictō audientēs essent, which together = pārērent: H 426 (385, I): M 530: A 227 and N. 2: G 346 and N. 5: B 187, II. dictō is dat. with audientēs, which here itself = ‘obeying.’
[20.13] i.e. instead of being formally chosen king by the senate and people ([p. 15, n. 11]).
[20.14] subigō.
[20.15] fossās . . . dūxit: this statement harmonizes with VI, 14: see note there. Remains of the wall and ditch are extant, especially along the east side of the Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal hills.
[20.16] The census was not, as with us, a mere enumeration of the inhabitants, but an enrollment and classification of them according to property for purposes of taxation and military service. Hence the clause in . . . distribuit is in part an explanation of cēnsum ōrdināvit.
[20.17] These classes were six in number.
[20.18] According to Livy, there were 193 centuries. At elections each century cast a single vote, the opinion of the majority of its members being regarded as the voice of the whole century. The first, or richest class, contained 98 centuries, and so controlled 98 votes, more than a majority.
[21.1] Iam tum: ‘even in those early days.’