[906] The one reference to the assignations [G II 198] only speaks of the misfortune of Mantua, not of his own.
[907] Hor Epist I 16 69-72.
[908] Hor Sat I 1 28, 32.
[909] For the story of the φιάλη (freedman’s offering) sent yearly by Maecenas to Augustus as a recognition of his restoration of Roman freedom, see Gardthausen Augustus VII 7 and notes.
[910] Monum Ancyr ed Mommsen, I 16-9, III 22-8.
[911] Tacitus ann XIV 53.
[912] Gardthausen Augustus VII 7, pp 768-9. He quotes Schol ad Juvenal V 3 (Maecenas) ad quem sectio bonorum Favoni pertinuerat.
[913] Varro RR I 17, a notable chapter.
[914] Livy VI 12, VII 25.
[915] Plin NH XXXVII §§ 201-3.