[1561] Love of drinking.
[1562] The mode of testing whether any “heeltaps” were left or not. It was this custom, probably, that gave rise to the favourite game of the cottabus.
[1563] Dr. Middleton, in his Life of Cicero, in his unlimited partiality for the family, quotes this as an instance of courage and high spirit.
[1564] According to Paterculus, he was fond of driving about in a chariot, crowned with ivy, a golden goblet in his hand, and dressed like Bacchus, by which title he ordered himself to be addressed.
[1565] He alludes to beer, or rather sweet wort, for hops were not used till the latter part, probably, of the middle ages. Lupines were sometimes used for flavouring beer.
[1566] Diodorus Siculus says that the Egyptian beer was nearly equal to wine in strength and flavour.
[1567] See end of B. iii.
[1568] See end of B. vii.
[1569] See end of B. vii.
[1570] See end of B. iii.