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On the Ancient Roman New/papers. 



[Aug. 1, 



facrificed at the Temple of Apollo. Tlie 

 Senate aflembled at tlie Curia HoJlUia, 

 about the 8th hour ; and a decree paffeJ 

 tliat Praeiors flioiilJ give fentence accord- 

 ing to the edi(Sls which were of perpetual 

 validity. This day, M. Scapula was ac- 

 cukd of an aft of violence before C. Boe 

 bius the prstor. Fifteen of the judges 

 were for condemning him and thirty-three 

 for adjourning the caufe. 



i^ih Of the Kalends of April. 



'the Fajces iviih Liciinus the Conful. 

 It thundered, and an oak was ftruck 

 with lightning on that part of Mount Pa- 

 latine called Siimma Velia early in the af- 

 ternoon. A fray happened in a tavern at 

 tlie lower end of *Banker'3-ftreet, in which 

 the keeper of the Hog in Armour tavern, 

 was dangeroufly wounded. Tertinius, the 

 ^diie, fined the butchers for felling meat 

 which had not been infpefted by the over- 

 feers of the markets. The fine is to be 

 apfu-opriated to build a Ciiapel to the 

 Temple of the Goddtfs Tellus. 



si of the Kalends of April. 

 - The Fafccs ivith yEmilius. 

 It rained ftones on M-onnt Veientine. 

 Pofthumus, the Tribune, lent his beadle 

 to the Conful, that he (hould not convene 

 the Senate on that day, but the Tribune 

 Decimus putting in his 'velo, the affair 

 v.eiit no farther. 



Pridie. KaU April. 

 The Ftifces ivith Licinius. 



The Latin feftivals were celebrated : a 

 fscrifice performed on the Alban Mount, 

 and a dole of raw flefli diltribnted to the 

 jiL-ople. A fire happened on Mount Coe- 

 ]ii!s; two tiilulxf r.iid five houfesweiecon- 

 J'umed to the ground and four damaged. 

 Jjemiphon the famous pirate, who was 

 tnktn by Licinius Nerva, a provincial lieu- 

 tenant, was facrificecl. The red llandard 

 vas difpLiycd at the Capitol, and theCon- 

 fuls obliged the youth who were enlifted 

 lor the Macedonian war to take a new 

 oath in the Cainpus Martius. 

 Kal. Apr. 

 Paulus the Conful, and Cn. Oflavius 

 tl;e Piaetor, let out this day for Macedo- 



* Called fanus InfiiKus, becdufe there was 

 in that pait of the fireeC a ftatue of yanin. 

 The upper end was called fanui Sumixus fiom 

 the fame reafan. 



•j- Hoiifes ftanfling apart by themfelves, and 

 not joined to the reft of the fcreet. Moft of 

 the great men's houfes at Rome were built 

 in this manner. 



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nia in the habits of war, vaft num- 

 bers of people attending them to the gates. 

 The funeral of Marcia was performed 

 with greater pomp of images than atten- 

 dance of mourners. The Pontifex Scm- 

 pronius proclaimed the Mtgalefian plays in 

 honour of Cybeie. 



4.'/j of the Nones of April. 



A 'ver'^ factum was vowed purfuant to 

 the opinion of the College of Priefts. Pre- 

 fents were made to the ambaflTadors of the 

 Etolians. Ebufius the prsetor fet out for 

 his provii'.ce of Sicily. The fleet (Ration- 

 ed cn the African coalf, entered the port 

 of Oftia with the tribute of that province. 

 An entertainment" was given to the people 

 by Marcia's Ions at their mother's fune- 

 ral. A ftage play was afted this day, be- 

 ing facred to Cybele» 



'^d of the Nones of April. 



Popiliusf Lenas, C. Decimus, and C. 

 Hoftiiius, were lent anibafTadors in a joint 

 commiffion to the kirgs of Syria and 

 Egypt, in order to accommodate the dif. 

 ferences about which they are now at war^ 

 Early in the morning, they went witli a 

 great attendance of clients and relations to 

 offer up a facrifice and libations at the 

 temple of Caltor and Pollux, before they 

 began their journey. 



The fecond fet of the remains of the 



aBa diurna belong to the year of Rom^ 



691. I have already mentioned how they 



were dii'covercd, and fliall only add, that 



they are fuller, and more entertaining than 



the former, but feem rather more liable 



to objeiiion on the fcore of authenticity, 



Syllanus and Murena Confuls. 



The Tafces ivith Murena. 



2d oj the Ides of Avguji. 



Murena facrlficed early in the morning 

 at the temple of Caltor and Pollux, and 

 afterwards affemhlid the Senate in Pom- 

 pey's fenate-houfe. Syllanus defended 

 Stx. Rufcius of Larinum, who was accufed 

 of an act of violence by Torquatns before 

 Q^Ccrnificius the praetor. The defendant 



* A -vcr jacriim was a vow to facrifice an 

 ox, ftecp, or fome fuch animal from between 

 the Kalends of iMarch and the Pridie Kalends 

 of June. 



j This Popilius met Antiochus king of 

 Syria, at the head of his conquering army ia 

 Egypt, and, drawing a circle round him w'tii 

 a kick he held in his hand, bid him declare 

 himfelf a friend or enemy to Rome before he 

 ftirred out of it. The king, though ftuflied 

 with f'lccefs, chofe the former, and in confe- 

 qucr.ce of it vvithdicw his troops out of the 

 dominions of Ptolemy, who was an ally of the 

 Romans. 



was 



