[1066] I praef § 12, XI 1 § 12.
[1067] I praef § 17 (of the non-urban population in old times) qui rura colerent administrarentve opera colonorum. The last three words are not in some MSS.
[1068] I 4 § 4, Verg G I 51-3.
[1069] So the Greeks often refer to Homer as The Poet.
[1070] verissimo vati velut oraculo.
[1071] Verg G IV 116 foll.
[1072] Quintil X 1 §§ 46-131, especially §§ 85-6.
[1073] See Tacitus Germ 41 on the exceptionally favourable treatment of the Hermunduri, with Schweitzer-Sidler’s notes.
[1074] Seneca ad Helviam 7 § 7 refers to the colonies sent out to the provinces in earlier times, and is rhetorically exaggerated.
[1075] Cf Nissen Italische Landeskunde vol II pp 128-30.