[1101] Over the party of Marius.
[1102] See B. ix. c. 13.
[1103] “Compacta;” probably meaning inlaid like Mosaic.
[1104] See B. xiii. c. 29, B. xv. c. 7, and B. xvi. cc. 26, 27, 84.
[1105] Meaning, “drum sideboards,” or “tambour sideboards,” their shape, probably, being like that of our dumb waiters.
[1106] The name given to which was “lanx,” plural “lances.”
[1107] His age and country are uncertain. We learn, however, from Chapter [55] of this Book, that he flourished before the burning of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, B.C. 356. He is frequently mentioned in the classical writers. See also B. vii. c. 39.
[1108] He includes, probably, under this name both Asia Minor and Syria. See a similar passage in Livy, B. xxxix.
[1109] This passage is rejected by Sillig as a needless interpolation.
[1110] Asia Minor.