BOOK XXXIII. viii. 34-xi. t^^ 



Senate and People of Rome.' This is the reason 

 why it is even now WTitten after " ' People,' because 

 it was the latest addition introduced. 



IX. Indeed the very name of the Knights has 

 itself frequently been altered, even in the case of 

 those who derived the title from the fact of their 

 serving as cavalry. Under Romulus and the Kings 

 they were called the Celeres, then the Flexuntes 

 and afterwards the Trossuh, because of their having 

 without any assistance from infantry captured a 

 town of that name ^ in Tuscany nine miles this side 

 of \^olsinii ; and the name survived till after the 

 time of Gaius Gracchus. At all events in the 

 writings left by Junius, who owing to his friendship 

 with Gaius Gracchus was called Gracchanus, these 

 words occur : ' So far as concerns the Equestrian 

 Order they were previously called the TrossuH, 

 but are now simply designated the Cavahy, because 

 people do not know what the word TrossuH means 

 and many of them are ashamed of being called by 

 that name.' He goes on to explain the reason 

 above indicated, and says that they were even in 

 his time still called Trossuh, though they did not 

 \vish to be. 



X. There are some additional particulars in Xeckiaces. 

 regard to gold which must not be omitted. For 

 instance our authorities actually bestowed gold 

 necklaces on foreign soldiers, but only awarded 

 sih'er ones to Roman citizens, and what is more 



they gave bracelets to citizens, which it was not 

 their custom to o-ive to foreifjners. 



XI. But at the same time, as is even mor e Crowns oj 

 surprising, they gave crowns of gold even to citizens. ^^ * 

 Who was the first person to receive one I have not 



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