Note 079 From the Metelli. Hist. August. [Lamprid. Alexander Sev. c. 44] p. 119. The choice was judicious. In one short period of twelve years, the Metelli could reckon seven consulships and five triumphs. Velleius Paterculus, ii.II, and the Fasti.

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Note to Chapter 6 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon