[732] See end of B. xi.
[733] See end of B. x.
[734] See end of B. xi.
[735] See end of B. iii.
[736] See end of B. vii.
[737] See end of B. vii.
[738] A native of Sulmo, in the country of the Peligni, and one of the greatest poets of the Augustan age. It is most probable that his “Fasti” was extensively consulted by Pliny in the compilation of the present Book. Six Books of the Fasti have come down to us, but the remaining six have perished, if, indeed, they were ever written, which has been doubted by many of the learned.
[739] See end of B. xiv.
[740] See end of B. viii.
[741] See end of B. ii. It is supposed that there were several writers of this name, but it is impossible to say with certainty which of them is the one here referred to. It is probable, however, that it is either L. Ælius Tubero, the friend of Cicero, or else Q. Ælius Tubero, his son, that is alluded to.