Pseud. 572,
‘Dum concenturio in corde sycophantias’;
Bacch. 709,
‘De ducentis nummis primum intendam ballistam in senem:
ea ballista si pervortam turrim et propugnacula,
recta porta invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom et vetus.’
All references, however, to the enrolment of mercenaries (latrones) are probably Greek and belong to the original play.
2. Political expressions.—(a) Names of officials, etc. So tresviri, quaestor, aedilis, praetor, senatus. Cf. Trin. 879,
‘Census quom sum iuratori recte rationem dedi’;
Pseud. 1232,
‘Centuriata habuit capitis comitia.’
(b) Law. So advocatus (Mil. 663), festuca (Mil. 961), lege agito (Mil. 453). Cf. Menaech. 571-95 (on patrons and clients); Trin. 500-4, where Roman terms of stipulatio are used.