[106] Satire iii.
[107] Cuvier. Theory of the Earth, pp. 89 and 263.
[108] The emperors had their families and the whole Roman court with them. The celebrated Julia Domna, and her sister Julia Mesa, were there during those three years. See De Serviez, Roman Empresses, vol. ii. p. 239.
[109] Passage des Alpes par Annibal, d’après la narration de Polybe. Comparée aux récherches faites sur les lieux, par J. A. De Luc. Géneve, 1818.
[110] Wars and Sports, p. 295.
[111] Gibbon, ch. xix. p. 177.
[112] Catrou, vol. ii. p. 591.
[113] Livy, b. xxi. ch. v.; b. xxiv. ch. xlii.
[114] De la Croix. Hist. of Genghis, b. iii. ch. vii.
[115] Sir John Chardin, vol. ii. 33.