[1018] This interpretation, offered by Rubino, is accepted by Lange, Röm. Alt. ii. 599.
[1019] Röm. Verf. 257 ff.
[1020] The treaty with the Sabines rested on the oaths of the two kings alone; Livy i. 13. 4; Dion. Hal. ii. 46. 3; Plut. Rom. 19. Romulus of his own authority made a hundred years’ truce with Veii; Dion. Hal. ii. 55. 5 f. With the advice of the senate he solicited alliances with the neighboring states; Livy i. 9. 2. Numa personally contracted alliances with the surrounding states; Livy i. 19. 4. Tullus Hostilius made a treaty with the Sabines, the indemnity being fixed by a senatus consultum; Dion. Hal. iii. 32. 6. For other citations, see Rubino, ibid. 264, n. 3.
[1021] Livy i. 24. 4 ff.
[1022] P. 171, n. 5 above.
[1023] Livy i. 30. 7.
[1024] Cf. Livy ii. 22. 5. In 495 the consul, in pursuance of a senatus consultum, made peace with the Volscians at their request; Livy ii. 25. 6. In the same form Cassius the consul in 493 made peace with the Latins (Livy ii. 33. 4; Dion. Hal. vi. 18-21, especially 21. 2) and in 486 with the Hernicans; Dion. Hal. viii. 68. 4; 69. 2; Livy ii. 41; cf. Rubino, ibid. 266 f.
[1025] Cf. Dion. Hal. ix. 17. 2; 59. 4.
[1026] Livy iii. 1. 8.
[1027] Dion. Hal. ix. 36. 2 f.; x. 21. 8.