[315] Two pages are lost here.
[316] The Lex Curiata de Imperio, so often mentioned here, was the same as the Auctoritas Patrum, and was necessary in order to confer upon the dictator, consuls, and other magistrates the imperium, or military command: without this they had only a potestas, or civil authority, and could not meddle with military affairs.
[317] Two pages are missing here.
[318] Here two pages are missing.
[319] I have translated this very corrupt passage according to Niebuhr’s emendation.
[320] Assiduus, ab ære dando.
[321] Proletarii, a prole.
[322] Here four pages are missing.
[323] Two pages are missing here.
[324] Two pages are missing here.