[2851] In B. xxvi. c. 4.
[2852] “Querneus.”
[2853] It is much more likely that he was the son of Tarquin himself, who not improbably, if indeed there ever was such a person, invented the story, to escape the wrath of Queen Tanaquil. This absurd story is mentioned also by Ovid, Arnobius, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus.
[2854] See B. iii. c. 9, and B. xix. c. 4.
[2855] See end of B. ii. L. Cælius Antipater.
[2856] See end of B. ii.
[2857] Probably Sulpicius Galba, who devoted his time to literary pursuits, and rose to no higher office than the prætorship, He was grand-father of the Emperor Galba, and wrote a historical work.
[2858] Another reading is “Ictius,” but nothing is known of either.
[2859] See end of B. ii.
[2860] See end of B. ii.