# Endnotes explained — Ben Hur

> Chapter companion for Ben Hur by Lew Wallace.

## What happens

This chapter consists of endnotes providing brief explanatory references, primarily about Roman government and naval terminology.

## Key lines

> The Roman government, it will be remembered, had two harbors in which great fleets were constantly kept⁠—Ravenna and Misenum.

Recall that the Roman state maintained permanent naval bases at Ravenna and Misenum.

_Clarifies the historical context of Roman naval power._

> Called hortator .

Referred to as the hortator.

_Identifies a specific Roman naval role._

> Called rector .

Referred to as the rector.

_Identifies another specific Roman naval role._

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