[23] Cf. xcv. 7:
At Volusi Annales Paduam morientur ad ipsam.
[24] The epigram on Cominius (cviii) was probably written at Rome, as he was not of sufficient importance to have made an impression on the people of Verona. The accusation of C. Cornelius, which excited odium against him, was made in 65 b.c. But it does not follow that the poem was written by Catullus at that time. He may have become acquainted with him later, and avenged some private pique by reference to the unpopularity formerly excited by him. There is no direct reference to the trial of Cornelius in the poem, which appears among others referring to a much later date.
[25] lxviii. 15-18.
[26] In the 'docto avo' we have an allusion to the author of the 'Istrian War.'
[27] lxviiib.
[28] The Caelius addressed in some of the poems is not M. Caelius Rufus, but a Veronese friend and confidant of Catullus—
'Flos Veronensum ... iuvenum.'
Caesar, Bell. Civ. i. 2, mentions M. Caelius Rufus simply as M. Rufus, Cicero in his epistles addresses him as 'mi Rufe.'
[29] Among other indications the vow of Lesbia (xxxvi) throws light on her literary taste and accomplishment.