[350] Twenty-five.
[351] Piso was a brother of Regulus' victim. He was therefore glad to see him incapable of reprisal.
[352] i.e. there was no property left to tempt Nero.
[353] i.e. the money and other rewards won by prosecuting Crassus and Orfitus.
[354] Nero.
[355] He had recited some libellous verses on Nero and been condemned for treason.
[357] i.e. those who had surrendered at Narnia and Bovillae, as distinct from those who had been discharged after Galba's death.
[359] i.e. those who were either over fifty or had served in the Guards sixteen or in a legion twenty years.