11-12 Cum . . . acquiescere = While the comfortable thought (commoditas = lit. advantage) pleased them (namely) that their private property at least was undisturbed— i.e. that they paid no war-tax while they were in the field.—Rawlins.
12-13 quo corpus . . . esset = when they were impressed (devoted to) and actively employed in the public service.—S. addictus, properly of an insolvent debtor made over to his creditor = a bondman.
16-17 id . . . gratiam rei in apposition to quod . . . efflagitatum.
19 tribuni . . . potestate. Military tribunes with consular power instead of Consuls were elected occasionally from 444 to 367 B.C.
20 Veios. The capture of Veii by Camillus (396 B.C.), in consequence of the introduction of military pay, was enormously important to Rome.
Reference. Ihne, Hist. vol. i. pp. 243-4.
THE WAR WITH VEII, 405-396 B.C. (2)
[A.] Lament over Veii.
Heu, Veii veteres, et vos tum regna fuistis,