[332]. Ovid, ib. 5.277 foll., in which he draws a picture of the misdoings of the landholders. Cp. Liv. 33. 42, for the temple of Faunus in insula, founded by the same means.
[333]. Ovid, ib. 5. 352.
[334]. Steuding in Myth. Lex. s. v. Flora. There was a Sabine month Flusalis (Momms. Chron. 219) = Floralis, and answering to July. Varro considered Flora a Sabine deity (L. L. 5. 74).
[335]. Varro, L. L. 7. 45. Flora had an ancient temple in colle, near the so-called Capitolium vetus (Steuding, l. c.), i. e. in the ‘Sabine quarter.’
[336]. Henzen, Acta Fratr. Arv. 146.
[337]. Ov. 5. 331 foll ‘Volt sua plebeio sacra patere choro.’
[338]. Val. Max. 2. 10. 8. Steuding in Myth. Lex. has oddly misunderstood this passage, making Val. Max. write of this custom as an ancient one, whereas he clearly implies the opposite. It was no doubt the relic of some rude country practice, degenerated under the influence of city life.
[339]. Lactantius, De falsa religione, i. 20.
[340]. Aug. Civ. Dei, ii. 27.
[341]. Friedländer on Martial, 8. 67. 4.