[53] Serv. on Virg. Æn. I. 274.—Note of the German editor.
[54] I, 48.
[55] Varro I, l. V. (IV) 42.
[56] I have spent many days in Rome in searching for the old churches which were pulled down at the brilliant reconstruction of the town; yet I had no guide to them, until I saw the work of a clergyman, who still showed their traces. Like him, Varro could point out the Sabine chapels.
[57] See p. 115, 116.
[58] See R. H. II, page 202, 250, and others.
[59] Viz. 4 + 5, as five is the plebeian number.—Note of the German Editor.
[60] When the Achæans spread over the Peloponnesus, Sicyon first, and then by degrees the other towns, adopted their νόμιμα. It was tried to force them also upon the Spartans, but in vain.
[61] Classical Tour, II, p. 195.—Note of the German Editor.
[62] The decay of this monument is the fault of the constructors themselves, inasmuch as they did not choose better materials.