“Clamores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit.”
“Sending dire outcries to the stars of heaven.”
[2465] This was an ancient and hideous idol, probably. Plato, Diodorus Siculus, Plautus, Lactantius, Arnobius, and Isidorus, all concur in saying that it was Saturn in honour of whom human victims were immolated.
[2466] “Ad Nationes.” A portico built by Augustus, and adorned with statues representing various nations.
[2467] “Thespiades.” They were brought by Mummius from Thespiæ, in Bœotia. See B. xxxiv. c. [19], and Note [2439], above.
[2468] See B. xxxv. c. [45], and [end] of B. xxxiii.
[2469] Magna Græcia.
[2470] Built by Metellus Macedonicus.
[2471] “Navalia.” This was the name of certain docks at Rome, where ships were built, laid up, and refitted. They were attached to the Emporium, without the Trigeminian Gate, and were connected with the Tiber.