mer was a name in use among the Greeks and Romans. Among
others, Cicero mentions a person of that name in his Fam. Ep. 11. 8.]

[Footnote 529: Pliny tells us that Druidism had its origin in Gaul, and
was transplanted into Britain, xxi. 1. Julius Caesar asserts just the
contrary, Bell. Gall. vi. 13, 11. The edict of Claudius was not carried
into effect; at least, we find vestiges of Druidism in Gaul, during the
reigns of Nero and Alexander Severus.]

[Footnote 530: The Eleusinian mysteries were never transferred from
Athens to Rome, notwithstanding this attempt of Claudius, and although
Aurelius Victor says that Adrian effected it.]

[Footnote 531: A.U.C. 801.]

[Footnote 532: A.U.C. 773.]

[Footnote 533: It would seem from this passage, that the cognomen of "the
Great," had now been restored to the descendants of Cneius Pompey, on whom
it was first conferred.]

[Footnote 534: A.U.C. 806.]

[Footnote 535: A.U.C. 803.]

[Footnote 536: This is the Felix mentioned in the Acts, cc. xxiii. and
xxiv., before whom St. Paul pleaded. He is mentioned by Josephus; and
Tacitus, who calls him Felix Antonius, gives his character: Annal. v, 9.
6.]

[Footnote 537: It appears that two of these wives of Felix were named
Drusilla. One, mentioned Acts xxiv. 24, and there called a Jewess, was the
sister of king Agrippa, and had married before, Azizus, king of the
Emessenes. The other Drusilla, though not a queen, was of royal birth,
being the granddaughter of Cleopatra by Mark Antony. Who the third wife
of Felix was, is unknown.]

[Footnote 538: Tacitus and Josephus mention that Pallas was the brother
of Felix, and the younger Pliny ridicules the pompous inscription on his
tomb.]

[Footnote 539: A.U.C. 802.]

[Footnote 540: The Salii, the priests of Mars, twelve in number, were
instituted by Numa. Their dress was an embroidered tunic, bound with a
girdle ornamented with brass. They wore on their head a conical cap, of a
considerable height; carried a sword by their side; in their right hand a
spear or rod, and in their left, one of the Ancilia, or shields of Mars.
On solemn occasions, they used to go to the Capitol, through the Forum and
other public parts of the city, dancing and singing sacred songs, said to
have been composed by Numa; which, in the time of Horace, could hardly be
understood by any one, even the priests themselves. The most solemn
procession of the Salii was on the first of March, in comm