[476]. See on [March 17] and [January 9].

[477]. i. 262 foll.; Ovid, Fasti, 3. 445; Gell. N. A. 5. 12.

[478]. C. I. L. i. 807; the dedication of an altar (Vediovei Patrei genteiles Iuliei) found at Bovillae.

[479]. Ovid, Fasti, 3. 429; Gell. 5. 12. It was this temple which had May 21 as its ‘dies natalis.’

[480]. Liv. 31. 21. 12 (reading Vediovi for deo Iovi, with Merkel and Jordan).

[481]. Gell. l. c.; Preller, i. 264, and Jordan’s note.

[482]. Gell. 5. 12. The meaning of the expression is not clear. Paulus (165) writes: ‘Humanum sacrificium dicebant quod mortui causa fiebat’—which does not greatly help us. Preller reasonably suggested that the goat might be a substitutory victim in place of a ‘homo sacer’ or criminal (i. 265).

[483]. Above, p. [63].

[484]. Fasti, 5. 725.

[485]. de Feriis, xv.