haec (with a gesture), all this, i.e. city, citizens, and government.
amplectitur, adopts.
pro, in accordance with.
mortem, etc.: a doctrine of the Epicureans, to which sect Caesar and many other eminent Romans belonged.
et ea: cf. note on p. 136, l. 17.
municipus dispertiri, Sc. eos in custodiam.
iniquitatem, since it might expose them to danger, and it would be unjust to choose among so many; difficultatem, since they might decline the service.