[234] _Dolere pro gloria_, 'to be grieved for reputation;' that is, as
they were interested in the glory of their country, they were grieved
at the disgrace (_dedecore_ or _propter dedecus_) they had suffered.
_Timere libertati_, 'to be afraid of losing one's freedom,' it
appearing to be in danger. See Zumpt, S 414.
[235] _Nomen Latinum_ is the same as _socii Latini_, or _Latini_ alone.
The expression properly signifies those who are called Latins; for
this class of people comprised not only those who really belonged to
the nation of the Latins--such as the inhabitants of the ancient
Latin towns of Tibur and Praeneste--but those also whose towns
subsequently received the same privileges. The latter were termed
coloniae Latinae--such as Alba in the country of the Marsians,
Beneventum in Samnium, Cremona and Placentia on the Po.
[236] _Ex copia rerum_, 'according to his present resources,' 'according
to the state of affairs.'

40. Interim Romae C. Mamilius Limetanus tribunus plebis rogationem ad
populum promulgat, uti quaereretur in eos, quorum consilio Jugurtha
senati decreta neglexisset,[237] quique ab eo in legationibus aut
imperiis pecunias accepissent, qui elephantos quique perfugas
tradidissent, item qui de pace aut bello cum hostibus pactiones
fecissent. Huic rogationi partim conscii sibi, alii ex partium invidia
pericula metuentes, quoniam aperte resistere non poterant, quin illa et
alia talia placere sibi faterentur,[238] occulte per amicos ac maxime per
homines nominis Latini et socios Italicos impedimenta parabant. Sed
plebes incredibile memoratu est, quam intenta fuerit quantaque vi
rogationem jusserit, decreverit, voluerit: magis odio nobilitatis, cui
mala illa parabantur, quam cura rei publicae; tanta libido in partibus
erat. Igitur ceteris metu perculsis, M. Scaurus, quem legatum Bestiae