[478] Diodorus Siculus, V. 13.—In 573, the Corsicans were taxed by the Romans at 1,000,000 pounds of wax, and at 200,000 in 581. (Titus Livius, XL. 34; XLII. 7.)
[479] Cicero, Second Oration against Verres, II. ii. 74.—The oxen furnished hides, employed especially for the tents; the sheep, an excellent wool for clothing.
[480] Cicero, Second Oration against Verres, II. III. 70.
[481] Titus Livius, XXV. 31.
[482] Polybius, I. 17, 18.
[483] Polybius, IX. 27.—Strabo, VI. 2.
[484] See what is said by Titus Livius (XXIX. 26) and Polybius (I. 41, 43, 46).—Florus, II. 2.
[485] See the work of the Duke of Serra di Falco, Antichità della Sicilia.
[486] Thus the Jupiter of the Capitol and the Italic Juno, at least in their official worship, were the protectors of virtuous morals and punished the wicked, while the Phœnician Moloch and Hercules, worshipped at Carthage, granted their favours to those who made innocent blood run upon their altars. (Diodorus Siculus, XX. 14.)—See the remarkable figures of Moloch holding a gridiron destined for human sacrifices. (Alb. della Marmora, Sardinian Antiquities, pl. 23, 53, tom. ii. 254.)
[487] Polybius, I. 7, 11.