436 ([return])
[ AUGUSTUS, c. xxiii.]
437 ([return])
[ TIBERIUS, c. xl.]
438 ([return])
[ See before, c. xix.]
439 ([return])
[ Popae were persons who, at public sacrifices, led the victim to the altar. They had their clothes tucked up, and were naked to the waist. The victim was led with a slack rope, that it might not seem to be brought by force, which was reckoned a bad omen. For the same reason, it was allowed to stand loose before the altar, and it was thought a very unfavourable sign if it got away.]
440 ([return])
[ Plato de Repub. xi.; and Cicero and Tull. xlviii.]