[1] Ironical. The meaning is, “how wrongly.”
[2] The Ghibelline.
[3] The Guelph.
[4] Son of Evander, King of Latium, sent by his father to aid Aeneas. His death in battle against Turnus led to that of Turnus himself, and to the possession of the Latian kingdom by Aeneas.
[5] The Horatii and Curiatii.
[6] According to popular tradition Fiesole was destroyed by the Romans after the defeat of Catiline.
[7] Augustus.
[8] Tiberius.
[9] It was under the authority of Rome that Christ was crucified, whereby the sin of Adam. was avenged.
[10] Vengeance was taken on the Jews, because although the death of Christ was divinely ordained, their crime in it was none the less.