vulgus here = the commons, not the plebs as opposed to the populus.
10 inertis erat = it was the mark of a man wanting in spirit.
12 Publicios. L. and M. Publicius Malleolus,* plebeian aediles, B.C. 241.
animus . . . viris, i.e. information had before been given but no aedile dared to act upon it.
13 recipit = takes up the charge at the Comitia.
multam = a fine. Cf. to mulct = to fine.
14 publica cura = their public spirit.—H.
15 multa . . . mihi, i.e. a new Temple was built to Flora near the Circus Maximus.
16 ludos novos = the Floralia.
17 Parte locant (sc. muniendum) Clivum = with the (other) part they contract for (the making of) the Clivus, a sloping road, called the Clivus Publicius, which led up to the Aventine.