[1789] See B. xxxiv. c. [9].

[1790] See B. xxxiii. c. [36].

[1791] See B. xxxvi. c. [8].

[1792] See B. v. c. 29.

[1793] “Surdo figurarum discrimine.”

[1794] We are informed by Suetonius, that this practice existed in the time of Tiberius.—B. See also Note 18, p. 196.

[1795] Which he is ready to employ in carrying away his plunder.

[1796] “Ceromata;” this is properly a Greek term, signifying an ointment used by athletes, composed of oil and wax.—B.

[1797] This practice is referred to by Cicero, De Finib. B. v.—B.

[1798] In reality, his birth-day was not on the twentieth day of any month; but, for some reason which is not known, he fixed upon this day.—B. He was born on the seventh day of the month Gamelion.