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Latin War, 340–338 BCE

(1) Latīnī: according to Livy (8.3.8–10), it was in 340 BCE, during the consulship of T. Manlius Torquatus and P. Decius Mus, that the Latins demanded that one consul and half the senate should be chosen from them. In the subsequent war the Romans emerged as victors partly due to the devotio of P. Decius Mus. There is no mention of statues for 340 BCE in Livy, but he does note that statues were erected for L. Furius Camillus and C. Maenius in 338 BCE (Bird).

ex eōrum: supply populō (Hazzard), i.e., the Latins

creārētur: imperfect subjunctive after ut in an indirect command (AG 563)

(2) cum esset negātum: cum here is causal (AG 549) with verb used impersonally (AG 207)

contrā eōs: the Latins

triumphātum est: for more information on triumphs, see triumphs

in rōstrīs: the Rostra or speaker’s platform in the Forum. From it the speaker could command the entire Forum and the Comitium. In 42 BCE it was removed and set up again at the west end of the Forum. Another rostra was constructed about the same time at the opposite end, in front of the new Temple of Divus Iulius (Hazzard).

(3) Alexandria: Alexandria, founded in Egypt by Alexander the Great, was actually founded ca. the beginning of 331 BCE (Bird).