FOOTNOTES:

[144] The Porta Ostiensis.

[145] See Book [V. vi. 7], note.

[146] The Basilica of St. Paul stood south of the city, outside the Porta Ostiensis which is still called Porta S. Paolo.

[147] St. Peter and St. Paul.

[148] Tibur.

[149] Chap. [iii. 7].

[150] This is an error on the part of Procopius. In point of fact it lies to the south-east of Naples.

[151] During the eruption of 472 a.d.

[152] Since the great eruption of 79 a.d.—the first in historical times—eruptions have succeeded one another at intervals varying from one to more than one hundred years.