Josephus informs us of the particular occurrence which led to the
expulsion of the Jews from Rome by Tiberius.--Ant. xviii. 5.]

[Footnote 336: Varro tells us that the Roman people "were more actively
employed (manus movere) in the theatre and circus, than in the corn-fields
and vineyards."--De Re Rustic. ii. And Juvenal, in his satires,
frequently alludes to their passion for public spectacles, particularly in
the well-known lines--

--------Atque duas tantum res serrius optat,
Panem et Circenses. Sat. x. 80.]

[Footnote 337: The Cottian Alps derived their name from this king. They
include that part of the chain which divides Dauphiny from Piedmont, and
are crossed by the pass of the Mont Cenis.]

[Footnote 338: Antium, mentioned before, (AUG. c. lviii.) once a
flourishing city of the Volscians, standing on the sea-coast, about
thirty-eight miles from Rome, was a favourite resort of the emperors and
persons of wealth. The Apollo Belvidere was found among the ruins of its
temples and other edifices.]

[Footnote 339: A.U.C. 779.]

[Footnote 340: Terracina, standing at the southern extremity of the
Pontine Marshes, on the shore of the Mediterranean. It is surrounded by
high calcareous cliffs, in which there are caverns, affording, as Strabo
informs us, cool retreats, attached to the Roman villas built round.]

[Footnote 341: Augustus died at Nola, a city in Campania. See c. lviii.
of his life.]

[Footnote 342: Fidenae stood in a bend of the Tiber, near its junction
with the Anio. There are few traces of it remaining.]

[Footnote 343: That any man could drink an amphora of wine at a draught,
is beyond all credibility; for the amphora was nearly equal to nine
gallons, English measure. The probability is, that the man had emptied a
large vessel, which was shaped like an amphora.]

[Footnote 344: Capri, the luxurious retreat and scene of the debaucheries
of the Roman emperors, is an island off the southern point of the bay of
Naples, about twelve miles in circumference.]

[Footnote 345: Pan, the god of the shepherds, and inventor of the flute,
was said to be the son of Mercury and Penelope. He was worshipped chiefly
in Arcadia, and represented with the horns and feet of a goat. The
Nymphs, as well as the Graces, were represented naked.]

[Footnote 346: The name of the island having a double meaning, and
signifying also a goat.]

[Footnote 347: "Quasi pueros primae teneritudinis, quos