ld on fire.]

[Footnote 394: See the Life of TIBERIUS, c. lxxiii.]

[Footnote 395: His name also was Tiberius. See before, TIBERIUS, c.
lxxvi.]

[Footnote 396: Procida, Ischia, Capri, etc.]

[Footnote 397: The eagle was the standard of the legion, each cohort of
which had its own ensign, with different devices; and there were also
little images of the emperors, to which divine honours were paid.]

[Footnote 398: See before, cc. liii. liv.]

[Footnote 399: See TIBERIUS, c. x.; and note.]

[Footnote 400: The mausoleum built by Augustus, mentioned before in his
Life, c. C.]

[Footnote 401: The Carpentum was a carriage, commonly with two wheels,
and an arched covering, but sometimes without a covering; used chiefly by
matrons, and named, according to Ovid, from Carmenta, the mother of
Evander. Women were prohibited the use of it in the second Punic war, by
the Oppian law, which, however, was soon after repealed. This chariot was
also used to convey the images of the illustrious women to whom divine
honours were paid, in solemn processions after their death, as in the
present instance. It is represented on some of the sestertii.]

[Footnote 402: See cc. xiv. and xxiii. of the present History.]

[Footnote 403: Ib. cc. vii. and xxiv.]

[Footnote 404: Life of TIBERIUS, c. xliii.]

[Footnote 405: See the Life of AUGUSTUS, cc. xxviii. and ci.]

[Footnote 406: Julius Caesar had shared it with them (c. xli.). Augustus
had only kept up the form (c. xl.). Tiberius deprived the Roman people of
the last remains of the freedom of suffrage.]

[Footnote 407: The city of Rome was founded on the twenty-first day of
April, which was called Palilia, from Pales, the goddess of shepherds, and
ever afterwards kept as a festival.]

[Footnote 408: A.U.C. 790.]

[Footnote 409: A.U.C. 791.]

[Footnote 410: A.U.C. 793.]

[Footnote 411: A.U.C. 794.]

[Footnote 412: The Saturnalia, held in honour of Saturn, was, amongst the
Romans, the most celebrated festival of the whole year, and held in the
month of December. All orders of the people then devoted themselves to
mirth and feasting; friends sent presents to one another; and masters
treated their slaves upon a footing of equality. At first it was held
only for one day, afterwards for three days, and was now prolonged by
Caligula's orders.]

[Footnote 413: See AUGUSTUS, cc. xxix and xliii. The amphitheatre of
Statilius Taurus is supposed to have stoo