[36] Polybius.

[37] Polyb., ii. 20.

[38] The ignorantly squeamish, who may object to the word "togged," will please to observe that it is purely classical—the Latin toga being the root of the participle "togged," as well as the substantive "toggery."

[39] Livy, viii.—8.

[40] Lipsius and others.


CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH.

THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.