[1242] See B. vii. c. 18.
[1243] Caligula.
[1244] By some remarkable and peculiar quality, such as in the Opimian wine.
[1245] “Testa,” meaning the amphora.
[1246] See c. [3] of the present Book, where these “picata,” or “pitched-wines,” have been further described.
[1247] On the contrary, Fée says, the coldest wines are those that contain the least alcohol, whereas those of Vienne (in modern Dauphiné) contain more than the majority of wines.
[1248] He implies that wine is an antidote to the poisonous effects of hemlock. This is not the case, but it is said by some that vinegar is. It is the plant hemlock (cicuta) that is meant, and not the fatal draught that was drunk by Socrates and Philopœmen. See further in B. xxiii. c. 23, and B. xxv. c. 95.
[1249] Clitus and Callisthenes.
[1250] Lacus.
[1251] The testa or amphora, made of earth.