[231] See iii. [76].

[232] These three towns are all on the Appian Way, Bovillae ten miles from Rome, Aricia sixteen, Tarracina fifty-nine, on the coast.

[233] Cp. iii. [12].

[234] Gallica.

[235] Capua had adhered to Vitellius. Tarracina had been held for Vespasian (cp. iii. [57]).

[236] See iii. [77].

[237] The insignia of equestrian rank (cp. i. [13]).

[238] The chief of these were the powers of tribune, pro-consul, and censor, and the title of Augustus (cp. i. [47], ii. [55]).

[239] had risen in Gaul; Galba in Spain; Vitellius in Germany; Antonius Primus in the Danube provinces (Illyricum); Vespasian and Mucianus in Judaea, Syria, and Egypt.

[240] This was necessary in the absence of Vespasian and Titus.