[1333] In Zeitschr. d. Savignyst. xii (1892). 230 ff.
[1334] Lucan v. 392 ff.:
“Fingit solemnia campi
Et non admissae diribet suffragia plebis
Decantatque tribus et vana versat in urna.”
These verses picture a sham election held by Caesar in 49; he pretends to hold comitia, counts the votes of the plebs, who are not really permitted to be present, calls off the tribes, and draws lots for them from the empty urn.
[1335] Orat. 46. 156: “Centuriam, ut Censoriae Tabulae loquuntur, fabrum audeo dicere, non fabrorum.” Cicero seems to refer to recent Tabulae Censoriae; though he might quote ancient poets, he was not the man to ransack old documents even to learn the ancient usage of words.
[1336] Plut. Num. 17; Pliny, N. H. xxxiv. 1. 1.
[1337] Ascon. 75: “Postea collegia S. C. et pluribus legibus sunt sublata praeter pauca atque certa, quae utilitas civitatis desiderasset, qualia sunt (MS. quasi, ut) fabrorum fictorumque.”
[1338] P. 207, n. 1.