9-10 haec ille egit = he made this speech.
14-15 tantam . . . clientelas = a large household, a large number of dependents; clientelas = clientes.
16 intentum (in + tendo) = on the stretch. Cf. opposite remissus.
19-21 metuebant . . . disciplina = his slaves feared him, his children stood in awe of him, yet all held him dear; in him ancestral spirit and principles (disciplina) were strong.—J. S. Reid.
The Speech of Appius Claudius. For the substance of the Speech, see Plutarch, Pyrrhus, xi.
THE WAR WITH THE TARENTINES AND PYRRHUS. (4)
[A.] The Battle of Asculum, 279 B.C.
In Apulia deinde apud Asculum melius dimicatum est Curio Fabricioque consulibus. Iam quippe terror* beluarum exoleverat, et Gaius Numicius quartae legionis hastatus unius proboscide abscisa mori posse beluas ostenderat. Itaque in ipsas pila congesta sunt 5 et in turres vibratae faces tota hostium agmina ardentibus ruinis operuerunt. Nec alius cladi finis fuit quam nox dirimeret, postremusque fugientium rex ipse a satellitibus umero saucius in armis suis referretur. 10
* Cf. [p. 100], ll. 17-20.