[10] Nero Claudius Drusus, the son of Livia, afterwards the wife of Augustus. He was the father of the Emperor Claudius, and died in Germany of the effects of an accident.
[11] “Studiosus.” This work has perished.
[12] “De Dubia Sermone.” A few scattered fragments of it still survive.
[13] 23rd of August.
[14] For astrological presages.
[15] At midwinter, this hour would answer at Rome to our midnight.
[16] At midwinter, this would be between six and seven in the evening.
[17] “Electorum Commentarii.”
[18] B. viii. c. 34. His acrimony may however, in this instance, have outstripped his discretion. Though indebted to them for by far the largest amount of his information on almost every subject, he seems to have had a strong aversion to the Greeks, and repeatedly charges them with lying, viciousness, boasting, and vanity. See B. ii. c. [112]; B. iii. c. [6]; B. v. c. [1]; B. xv. c. 5; B. xix. c. 26; B. xxviii. c. 29; B. xxxvii. c. 74.
[19] Of Vespasian and Titus for certain; and probably of Nero, who appointed him “procurator Cæsaris” in Spain.