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[64] Cf. chap. [xi. 26], note.
[65] The quaestor held an important position as counsellor (πἁρεδροϛ) of the emperor in legal matters. It was his function, also, to formulate and publish new laws.
[66] Built in 312 b.c. by the censor, Appius Claudius.
[67] Chiefly basalt. As built by Appius, however, the surface was of gravel; the stone blocks date from later years.
[68] Apparently an error, for lava quarries have been found along the road.
[69] i.e. on the left of the defender. The battlement, then, in horizontal section, had this form
, instead of the usual series of straight merlons. Winged merlons were used on the walls of Pompeii; for an excellent illustration see Overbeck, Pompeji4, p. 46.
[70] i.e. too great to be defended at every point: the total length of the circuit-wall was about twelve miles.