[321] Wolf’s-tooth bit (lupata frena) a curb furnished with iron points shaped like a wolf’s tooth, used for hard-mouthed horses. See Hor. Od. I, 8, 6; Nec lupatis temperat ora frenis....
[322] Soracte. A mountain north of Rome. See Varro R.R. II, 3, 3; Virg. Aen. VI, 696, Hor. Od. I, 9 (alta nive candidum.)
[323] Gallia Lugdunensis. Lugdunian Gaul (Gallia Lugdunensis, so called from the principal city Lugdunum, now Lyons) extended from the Seine (Sequana) to the Garonne (Garumna) and westward to the Atlantic Ocean. On the south, it was separated from the Mediterranean by Narbonensian Gaul.
[324] Bequeathed to him a small legacy. Legacies bequeathed by childless persons to those not connected by ties of blood, played a very important part in the society under the emperors. Legacy-hunting thrived greatly in consequence of its frequent occurrence.
[325] In the midst of a very humble quarter. The right bank of the Tiber, in the (14) district, which bore the name “Trans Tiberim,” was inhabited exclusively by tradesfolk, sailors, etc.
[326] Titus. The brother and predecessor of Domitian.
[327] The Flavii had come into possession of the government with Vespasian, the father of Titus and Domitian. The latter’s full name was: Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus.
[328] Junius Rusticus. See Suet. Dom. 10; Dio Cass. LXVII. 13.
[329] Caepio. Suet. Dom. 9, mentions a man of this name.
[330] Caesar was to inherit his fortune. See Suet. Dom. 12: "Estates to which the emperor had no claim were seized, if only some one could be found to declare he had heard the dead man, during his life-time, say that the Caesar was to inherit his property.”