[535]. B. C. 40.

[536]. B. C. 38.

[537]. Alexander, an Italian abbot, states, on the evidence of two spurious verses, that he was governor of Naples and Calabria.

[538]. Ep. viii. 56.

[539]. Carm. xv. 12.

[540]. Hor. Sat. I. v. 49.

[541]. Carm. i. 3.

[542]. There has been much discussion respecting the precise place of his burial. (See Cramer’s Anc. It. ii. 174.) Addison, in opposition to the popular belief, thought it almost certain that it stood on that side of the town which looks towards Vesuvius. (Remarks on Italy, p. 164; sec. ed.)

[543]. Meyer, Anthol. 95.

[544]. Dial. de Caus. Corrup. El. 13.