[2941] We are sensible that, in thus shortening the penultimate, we shall incur the censure of solecizing, which Hardouin has cast upon the poet Claudian for doing the same.
[2942] At the Torre de’ Bagni, Hardouin says, near the church of Santa Maria a Caudara.
[2943] Saline and gaseous waters are good for this purpose. See B. iii. c. 12.
[2944] It has still the same reputation, Hardouin says, and is situate near the castle of Francolici.
[2945] See B. iii. c. 9.
[2946] Or “half-strength” waters, apparently. See B. iii. c. 9.
[2947] See B. iii. c. 9.
[2948] See B. ii. cc. 62, 106, and B. iii. c. 17.
[2949] Alluded to, probably, by Ovid, Met. xv. 319, et seq.
[2950] The present Bagni di Tivoli. They have other sanitary properties as well, a fact known to Strabo. Martial and Vitruvius also mention them.