[2633] Whence its name, “Aurea,” the “golden” Palace.

[2634] “Sellaria.”

[2635] By this mode of expression, he probably means that they were “birds of a feather”—one as bad as the other.

[2636] His mother, Metella Cæcilia, became the wife of Sylla.

[2637] He forgets the Pyramids and the Labyrinth of Egypt, which he has so recently described.

[2638] See B. xvii. c. 1, and Chapter [3] of the present Book. L. Crassus is the person alluded to.

[2639] “Four” is the number mentioned in B. xvii. c. 1.

[2640] In Chapter [2] of this Book.

[2641] In B. xxxiv. c. [17].

[2642] “Cavea.” The place where the spectators sat, much like the “pit” of our theatres.