11 C. Mancinus commanded against Numantia in Spain, 137 B.C.
15 Q. Pompeius commanded against Numantia, 140 B.C.
16 cum in eadem causa esset = though he was in the same case, as Mancinus, i.e. had made a degrading peace with the Numantines.—H.
15-17 quo . . . deprecante . . . non est = through his begging to be let off, the law (i.e. for delivering him up to the enemy) was not passed.
17 Hic = in this case, i.e. that of Pompeius.
18 apud superiores, i.e. Veturius, Postumius, and Mancinus.
18-19 utilitatis species falsa = the false semblance of expediency.
The Repudiation of the Treaty. ‘It is clear that Postumius and his brother officers could not bind the Roman Senate and people by the promise they had made in Caudium; but it is equally clear that they were bound by their promise to do what was in their power to cause the treaty to be ratified.’—Ihne.