[922]. Merivale’s H. of R. ii. 422.
[923]. Suet. 44; Plin. H. N. vii. 31.
[924]. Cic. Brut. 72; Tac. Ann. xiii. 3; Quint. x. i. 114.
[925]. Meyer, Fr. Or. Rom. p. 404.
[926]. Nieb. Lect. R. H. xcv.
[927]. See Dodwell’s Dissert. in Cæs. Ed. Var.
[928]. The friendship which existed between these great men furnishes an anecdote (Suet. V. J. C. 72) characteristic of the most amiable feature in Cæsar’s character, his devoted and hearty attachment to those whom he loved. Once, when they were journeying together, they reached a cottage, in which only one room was to be procured; Oppius was ill, and Cæsar gave up the room to his sick friend, whilst he bivouacked in the open air.
[929]. Lect. R. H. xcv.
[930]. See Niebuhr, Lect. R. H.
[931]. Smith’s Dict. in loco.