This is perhaps nearer the literal version of the passage, and agrees
better with Plinius (_N. H._ viii. 1).]
[Footnote 218: P. Servilius Vatia Isauricus, consul for B.C. 79.
Pompeius triumphed B.C. 81, or in the beginning of 80 B.C., the first
of the class of Equites who ever had this honour. The review of the
Equites, which is spoken of at the end of this chapter, is explained
by c. 22.]
[Footnote 219: Compare the Life of Sulla, c. 31, &c. Sulla died in the
consulship of M. AEmilius Lepidus and Q. Lutatius Catulus, B.C. 78.]
[Footnote 220: This is the Roman expression, which Plutarch has
rendered by [Greek: hoi aristoi]. Compare Life of Tib. Gracchus, c.
10.]
[Footnote 221: On the site of Modena. The events of the consulship of
Lepidus are very confused. Drumann observes (Pompeii, p. 345) that
Plutarch incorrectly tells the story as if Pompeius was not present at
the attack of Lepidus on Rome (Appianus, _Civil Wars_, i. 107; Floras,
iii. 23): but Plutarch's narrative does not of necessity imply that
Pompeius was not there.]
[Footnote 222: See the Life of Brutus.]
[Footnote 223: See the Life of Sertorius, and as to the conduct of
Pompeius in the war more particularly, chapter 12, &c.]
[Footnote 224: Pro Consule was the title of a Roman general who was
sent to a province with consular authority. It was not unusual to
appoint a man Pro Consule who had not been 'consul.
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