[38] The arch of Constantine stands exactly under the spot where this scene is described.
[39] The place where live beasts were kept for the shows.
[40] Gaeta.
[41] The generic name for the wild beasts of that continent, as opposed to bears and others from the north.
[42] It is not mentioned what it precisely was.
[43] These were the popular ideas of Christian worship.
[44] Now Monte Cavo, above Albano.
[45] “Vidi supra montem Agnum stantem, de sub cujus pede fons vivus emanat.”—Office of St. Clement.
[46] Ammianus Marcellinus tells us that, at the decline of the empire, the streets at night were lighted so as to rival day. “Et hæc confidenter agebat (Gallus) ubi pernoctantium luminum claritudo dierum solet imitari fulgorem.” Lib. xiv. c. 1.
[47] Roma Subterr. 1. iii. c. 22.