Footnote 3: The comitia curiata, or assemblies of the curiae, alone had the power of conferring military command; no magistrate, therefore, could assume the command without the previous order of their assembly. In time, this came to be a mere matter of form; yet the practice always continued to be observed.
Footnote 4: 5s. 31d.
Footnote 5: £1.
Footnote 6: £1614. 11s 8d.
Footnote 7: When the auspices were to be taken from the chickens, the keeper threw some of them food upon the ground, in their sight, and opened the door of then coop. If they did not come out; if they came out slowly; if they refused to feed, or ate in a careless manner, the omen was considered as bad. On the contrary, if they rushed out hastily and ate greedily, so that some of the food fell from their mouths on the ground, this was considered as an omen of the best import; it was called tripudium solistinum, originally, terripavium, from terra, and pavire, to strike.
Footnote 8: These marks of honour were bestowed for having saved the lives of citizens, or for having been the first to mount walls or ramparts.
Footnote 9: £4940 13s.
Footnote 10: £322 18s. 4d.
Footnote 11: £1259 7s. 6d.
Footnote 12: Thucydides seems to be specially referred to.