[105] Dederat. The oratio obliqua would require dederit here, but such instances of the indicative being used for the subjunctive are by no means infrequent.

[106] Justitium—a jure sistendo.

[107] According to Stroth, this is the first instance we have of a decree of the senate arming the consul with almost dictatorial power.

[108] Pro-consul:—the first mention of a pro-consul in Livy.

[109] Of the year,—i.e. the consular year, not the civil one, which commenced in January.

[110] A similar measure was adopted at Athens. See Thucyd. ii. 52.

[111] Circuitio. Stroth observes, that this is what we understand by 'the Round.'

[112] According to Dionysius, the Volsci attacked Rome on this occasion.

[113] As præfectus urbis.

[114] Niebuhr n. 24, 634, would have us read Terentilius, the Roman family names always, he says, ending in ius. He also thinks that for Arsa, we should read Harsa.