[[14]] E.g. Apol. 25, with a serious criticism of the contrast between Roman character before and after the conquest of the world,—before and after the invasion of Rome by the images and idols of Etruscans and Greeks.

[[15]] Augustine C.D. vi, 2.

[[16]] On Æneid, xi, 785.

[[17]] Propertius, v, 1, 69.

[[18]] Ovid, Fasti, i, 7.

[[19]] Livy, i, 19.

[[20]] Livy, iv, 30.

[[21]] Plutarch, Romulus, 21; Cæsar, 61, Warde Fowler, Roman Festivals, p. 310 f.

[[22]] Suetonius, Aug. 31, Warde Fowler, op. cit. p. 190.

[[23]] Mommsen, History, i, p. 231, who translates the hymn.