[282] Plutarch says that it was the “caput,” or “head” of the liver that was wanting. M. Marcellus was slain while reconnoitring the Carthaginian camp by night.
[283] Caligula.
[284] 1st of January.
[285] By his niece and wife, Agrippina, the mother of Nero.
[286] See B. iv. c. 11. Tharne does not seem to be known. Of course, this story about the hares is fabulous.
[287] There must be some corrupt reading here; for, as Sillig remarks, who ever heard of a siege which lasted a hundred years?
[288] Or diaphragm; from “præ,” “before,” and “cor,” the “heart.”
[289] With Sardonic laughter, as Hardouin remarks.
[290] Or small guts.
[291] Or front intestines.