[1872] The brief statement of Festus, ibid., is here interpreted in the light of Livy xxiii. 23. 6. In general on the Ovinian plebiscite, see Lange, Kleine Schriften, ii. 393-446; Willems, Sén. Rom. i. 153-173, 668-89; Herzog, Röm. Staatsverf. i. 259 ff.; Mommsen, Röm. Staatsr. ii. 418; iii. 873, 879.
[1873] Cf. Livy iv. 5. 2; p. 287 above.
[1874] Cf. Gell. x. 20. 4, 9 f.
[1875] Cf. Livy viii. 16. 4; ix. 7. 15; 28. 2; Diod. xix. 66. 1; p. 299, n. 3.
[1876] Livy x. 13. 8 f.
[1877] Röm. Alt. ii. 641.
[1878] Livy x. 22. 9.
[1879] It is the only instance mentioned for this early time.
[1880] Livy x. 13. 10: “Iam regi leges, non regere”; cf. Appian, Lib. 112; Lange, Röm. Alt. ii. 641.
[1881] P. 295 f.