[56] Spon. Misc. p. 143. There has been a great controversy respecting the medical men of Rome—whether they were slaves; the monuments show them to have been commonly Greek freedmen.
[57] Orelli, 2645.
[58] P. 239. Juv. 5, 170. An imitation of the caput rasum appears to be still the professional costume of the clown.
[59] Grut. p. 312, 7. Juv. 2, 112. Quinct. 11, 3.
[60] See in Smith’s Dictionary, s. v. Bathyllus, an account of the furore of the Romans for the pantomimic representations and their vicissitudes of imperial favour or prohibition.
[61] L. Marius Austus Enuntiator ab scæna Græca. Orelli, 2614.
[62] Grut. p. 637, 1.
[63] Hist. 8, 10.
[64] Grut. p. 332. The contest took place A.D. 110.
[65] Mai Auct. Class 5, p. 414.