[13] Parthemus.  A mountain range in Greece.

[14] Cirrha’s dome.  The dome of the temple of Apollo at Delphi, near Cirrha, in Greece.

[15] Adria.  The Adriatic.

[16] Lacedaemon.  Sparta, which was governed by two kings representing two great families.

[17] Porcian height.  Monte Porzio, near the scene of the battle.

[18] Corne.  A hill near Tusculum.

[19] Fair Fount.  A spring in the vicinity.

[20] Thirty Cities.  The Latin cities, banded together in aid of the Tarquins.

[21]"One spot on the margin of Lake Regillus was regarded during many ages with superstitious awe.  A mark, resembling in shape a horse’s hoof, was discernible in the volcanic rock; and this mark was believed to have been made by one of the celestial chargers.”—­Macaulay.

[22] a Virginius.  One of the family of the Virginii.

[23] The consul who was elected first was usually held in greater honour than the other.

[24] Gabii.  A Latin city about twelve miles from Rome.

[25] Conscript Fathers.  The senate.  The original expression is patres conscripti (patres et conscripti), patres referring to the patrician element, and conscripti to the plebeian element in the senate.

[26] Camerium.  One of the Latin cities.

[27] Master of the Knights.  Chief lieutenant.

[28] The Consuls usually had twelve lictors each; the Dictator twenty-four.

[29] Witch’s Fortress.  The town of Circeii, which Macaulay associates here with Circe, the enchantress.

[30] ghastly priest.  The temple of Diana, in a grove near Aricia, had for its priest a runaway slave, who was to hold office until slain by another runaway slave stronger than he.

[31] Ufens.  A river.

[32] Laurentian jungle.  Marshy thickets near the town of Laurentum.

[33] Carthage.  On the north coast of Africa.  The Carthaginians were a commercial and sea-faring people.

[34] a woman.  Lucretia.  After she had been wronged by Sextus, she stabbed herself and died.

[35] Tibur.  The modern city of Tivoli.

[36] Soracte.  A snow-capped mountain about twenty-five miles from Rome.

[37] Apulian.  Apulia was one of the divisions of Italy.

[38] targe. shield.

[39] Pomptine.  The Pontine marshes in the southern part of Latium.

[40] Digentian rock.  A crag near the river Digentia.

[41] Bandusia.  A fountain.

[42] Auster.  The word signifies “the stormy south wind.”

[43] crown.  The first Roman to scale the walls of a besieged town received a crown of gold.

[44] Calabrian.  Calabria forms the “heel” of Italy.

[45] Pruning the vines entwined around the trunks of the elms.

[46] clients.  Servants attached to the Patrician families.