[15] For Professor Frank’s discussion of these wars, see chapters V, VI, and XIII. Cf., also, Livy, XXI. 4. 1.
[16] For the comparison of the Roman Senate and the Senate of the U. S. see the chapter on “The Story of Two Oligarchies.”
[17] For a fuller discussion of representative government among the Romans under the Republic, see Frank’s Roman Imperialism, pp. 45, 209, 299, 301.
[18] The oath of the Fascisti may be found in the London Times of Jan. 2, 1923. The best literature at present on the movement is Discorsi Politici, Benito Mussolini (Milan; Essercizio Tipografico del “Popolo d’Italia,” 1922). Il Fascismo nella Vita Italiana, Pietro Gorgolini. Preface by B. Mussolini (Turin; Anonima Libraria Italiana). Fascismo Liberatore, Cipriano Giachetti (Florence; Bemporad).
[19] For the praetor’s court see Abbott, Roman Political Institutions, pp. 105 ff.
[20] A striking illustration of the looseness of procedure in Roman courts is given by Cicero in a letter to Atticus (ad Atticum, I. 16. 3-6), translated by E. O. Winstedt, Letters to Atticus, 3 vols., New York, 1919, in The Loeb Classical Library. On the course of a trial in a Roman court, cf. A. H. J. Greenidge, The Legal Procedure of Cicero’s Time, Oxford, 1901, pp. 456-504.
[21] On taxation in the provinces, see Arnold-Shuckburgh, chapter VI. On the customs duties, see R. L. V. Cagnat, Étude Historique sur les Impôts Indirects chez les Romains, Paris, 1882.
[22] On Diocletian’s tax system, see Pauly-Wissowa-Kroll, III. 1513 ff.; Daremberg-Saglio, V. 434 ff.
[23] “Rome’s First Coinage,” in Classical Philology, XIV. 314-327 (1919).
[24] On life in the provinces see Bouchier’s books cited in the Bibliography.