[A.] Limitation of the Tribune’s Right of Veto.
In ista quidem re vehementer Sullam probo, qui tribunis plebis sua lege iniuriae faciendae potestatem ademerit, auxili ferendi reliquerit.
Cicero, de Legibus, iii. 9. 22.
2 iniuriae faciendae, e.g. by their abuse of the right of veto.
3 auxili ferendi. ‘Sulla limited the office of tribune to the original functions for which it was established, the legal protection of the people from the abuse of magisterial power.’—Ihne.
[B.] Abolition of Corn Distributions.
Populus Romanus, paullo ante gentium moderator, exutus imperio gloria iure, agitandi inops despectusque ne servilia quidem alimenta relicua habet.
Sallust, Hist., Orat. M. Lepidi.
5 agitandi inops (i.e. vitam sustentandi) = without means of livelihood.
6 servilia alimenta = a slave’s allowance of food. Sulla abolished the largesses of corn.