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167.17. equitum: these made a sort of military nobility. It is interesting to compare the two "upper classes" here described with the ecclesiastics and feudal noblesse of France before the Revolution.—cum est: notice the force of the indicative. See note on cumpremuntur, 165 18.—usus: a noun; see vocab. 167.21.

ut quisque amplissimusita plurimos, the more powerful … the greater number§ 313. b (93. c, at end); G. 642. R. 2; H. 515. 5 (458. 2)). 167.22.

ambactos: this Celtic word was known as the equivalent of servus "slave," as early as the time of Ennius, 150 years before. Cf. 165 16-21.


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