[2479] Flor. ii. 5. 3 (iii. 17); App. B. C. i. 35. 158.
[2480] Cic. Rab. Post. 7. 16; Cluent. 56. 153; Ihne, Hist. of Rome, v. 177 f.
[2481] Velleius, ii. 14. 1, regards it as an afterthought, whereas Appian, B. C. i. 35. 155, asserting that, petitioned by the Italians for the citizenship, he had already promised to grant it, intimates that this was his main object. At all events the Italians expected it of him and were prepared to support him in his effort by force of arms.
[2482] (Aurel. Vict.) Vir. Ill. 66. 4; Oros. v. 18. 2.
[2483] Vell. ii. 14. 1; App. B. C. i. 35. 155 f.; 36. 162; Livy, ep. lxxi; Flor. ii. 5. 6. Most probably he combined this measure with his colonial rogation; App. B. C. i. 36.
[2484] App. B. C. i. 35 f.
[2485] Livy, ep. lxxi; Flor. ii. 5. 7 (iii. 17).
[2486] Ascon. 68.
[2487] Cic. Leg. ii. 6. 14; 12. 31; Dom. 16. 41; Frag. A. vii (Cornel. i. 24); Ascon. 68; Diod. xxxvii. 10. 3.
[2488] According to Diod. xxxvii. 10. 3, he declared that though he had full power to prevent the decree, he would not willingly exert it; for he knew well that the wrongdoers in this matter would speedily suffer merited punishment.