[3141] St. Augustin mentions this marvellous kind of salt. De Civit. Dei, B. xxi. cc. 5, 7.
[3142] As well as Centuripa.
[3143] “Opsonium.”
[3144] “Pulmentarii.”
[3145] See c. 43 of this Book.
[3146] This is consistent with modern experience.
[3147] “Sales.”
[3148] Literally, “salt money”—“argentum” being understood. The term was originally applied to the pay of the generals and military tribunes. Hence our word “salary.”
[3149] Beginning at the Colline Gate.
[3150] “In congiario.”