[Footnote 26: Cf. Livy, xxix. ch. 19, _sqq_.]
[Footnote 27: See vol. i., 'Life of Themistokles,' ch. x.]
[Footnote 28: Lictors were attendants granted to Roman magistrates as
a mark of official dignity. See vol. i., 'Life of Romulus,' ch. xxvi.]
[Footnote 29: Spain was divided by the Romans into two provinces, of
which this out was that which was nearer to Rome.]
[Footnote 30: The inhabitants of the town of Firmum, in Picenum; now
_Fermo_.]
[Footnote 31: On the nature of these relations, see 'Smith's Dict. of
Ant.,' s.v.]