[Footnote 21: That is, to insure punishment and practically abnegate the right an accused person had of escaping sentence by voluntary exile.—D.O.]
[Footnote 22: Perhaps the first bail-bond historically noted.—D.O.]
[Footnote 23: That is, refused to accept the plea.]
[Footnote 24: That is, defended them in court.]
[Footnote 25: The Temple of Jupiter in the Capitol was divided into three parts: the middle was sacred to Jupiter, the right to Minerva, the left to Juno. By "other gods" are meant Terminus, Fides, Juventas.]
[Footnote 26: Publicola, the father of Brutus.]
[Footnote 27: That is, personal violence from the young patricians.—D.O.]
[Footnote 28: Their control over the auspices was a favourite weapon of the patricians, and one which could naturally be better used at a distance from Rome. The frequency of its use would seem to argue adaptability in the devotional feelings of the nobles at least, which might modify our reliance upon the statement made above as to the respect for the gods then prevalent in Rome.—D.O.]
[Footnote 29: This was the limit of the tribunes' authority.—D.O.]
[Footnote 30: This gate, from which at a later date the Via Appia and the Via Latina started, stood near what is now the junction of the Via S. Gregorio with the Vi di Porta S. Sebastiano.—D.O.]