However, after the death of Tarquinius the Romans no longer had kings to rule them.
Instead of kings, first they appointed Brutus [and Collatinus] to be consuls; then [they appointed] tribunes of the plebs; then dictators, who were generals; and then consuls again.
I think it would be superfluous to list the magistrates of each year here, because it would be an enormous number of names.
And if I described their achievements in detail, my account would stretch to a great length.
- Such detail is unnecessary for my current purpose; and so I think it is appropriate to leave these magistrates, and everything connected with them, to another chronicle: that is, the consuls who came after Tarquinius, the tribunes of the plebs (295) and the dictators who governed the city of Rome, during the years up until the time of Caesar.
After these remarks, we will return to the reign of the first emperor.
From the death of Tarquinius up until the time of Julius Caesar, there was an intervening period of 115 Olympiads, which is the equivalent of 460 years.