the mouth
of the river Aufidus, celebrated for its fine wool. It is mentioned by
Pliny, and retained its reputation for the manufacture in the middle ages,
as we find in Ordericus Vitalis.]

[Footnote 599: The Mazacans were an African tribe from the deserts in the
interior, famous for their spirited barbs, their powers of endurance, and
their skill in throwing the dart.]

[Footnote 600: The Palace of the Caesars, on the Palatine hill, was
enlarged by Augustus from the dimensions of a private house (see AUGUSTUS,
cc. xxix., lvii.). Tiberius made some additions to it, and Caligula
extended it to the Forum (CALIGULA, c. xxxi.). Tacitus gives a similar
account with that of our author of the extent and splendour of the works
of Nero. Annal. xv. c. xlii. Reaching from the Palatine to the Esquiline
hill, it covered all the intermediate space, where the Colosseum now
stands. We shall find that it was still further enlarged by Domitian, c.
xv. of his life is the present work.]

[Footnote 601: The penates were worshipped in the innermost part of the
house, which was called penetralia. There were likewise publici penates,
worshipped in the Capitol, and supposed to be the guardians of the city
and temples. Some have thought that the lares and penates were the same;
and they appear to be sometimes confounded. They were, however,
different. The penates were reputed to be of divine origin; the lares, of
human. Certain persons were admitted to the worship of the lares, who
were not to that of the penates. The latter, as has been already said,
were worshipped only in the innermost part of the house, but the former
also in the public roads, in the camp, and on sea.]

[Footnote 602: A play upon the Greek word moros, signifying a fool, while
the Latin morari, from moror, means "to dwell," or "continue."]

[Footnote 603: A small port between the gulf of Baiae and cape Misenum.]

[Footnote 604: From whence the "Procul, O procul este profani!" of the
poet; a warning which was transferred to the Christian mysteries.]

[Footnote 605: See before, c. xii.]

[Footnote 606: Statilius Taurus; who lived in the time of Augustus, and
built the amphitheatre called after his name. AUGUSTUS, c. xxiv. He is
mentioned by Horace, Epist. i. v. 4.]

[Footnote 607: Octavia was first sent away to Campania, under a guard of
soldiers, and after being recalled, in consequence of the remonstrances of
the people, by whom she was belove