[771] This concluding passage is omitted in most editions.
[772] See B. vii. c. 29.
[773] Dionysius of Halicarnassus is therefore probably wrong in his assertion that torcs of gold were given to Siccius Dentatus, a Roman citizen, as the reward of valour.
[774] See B. vii, c. 29.
[775] On this subject, see B. xvi. c. 3, and B. xxi. c. i.
[776] A.U.C. 323, or 431 B.C.
[777] Situate about fourteen miles from Rome, and on the road to the town called La Colonna.
[778] A.U.C. 479, and B.C. 275. In the following year Merenda himself was consul, with Manius Curius Dentatus.
[779] “Testamento prælegavit.” Properly speaking, “prælegare” was “to bequeath a thing to be given before the inheritance was divided.” The crown thus left by Piso was to be three pounds in weight.
[780] Oxen, namely. The smaller victims had the head encircled with chaplets.