15G PLINY'S KATUKAL HISTORY. [Book XXXI V* 



some authors, that L. Attius, 64 tlic poet, had a statue of him- 

 self erected in the Temple of the Muses," which was extremely 

 lar^e, although he himself was very short. 



Equestrian statues are also held in esteem in Home ; hut 

 they are of Greek origin, no doubt. Among the Greeks, those 

 persons only were honoured with equestrian statues who were 

 victors on horseback* in the sacred games; though afterwards 

 the same distinction was bestowed on those who were tmccess- 

 ftil in the races with chariots with two or four horses: heneo 

 the use of chariots with us in the statues of those who Imvu 

 triumphed. But this did not take place until a late period; 

 and it was not until the time of the late Emperor Augustus, 

 that we had chariots represented with six horses,* 7 as also with 

 elephants. 



CHAP. 11. IX HONOUR OF WHOM" PUBLIC RTATTKS WERK FFRST 



KUKCTKI) : IX HONOUR OF WHOM TIIKY WKKK FIRST J'LACKD ON 

 TILLARS: WUKX THE ROSTRA WE UK FIRST EIIKCTKD. 



The custom of erecting chariots with two horses in honour 

 of those who had discharged the oilice of pro? tor, and had 

 passed round the Circus in ti chariot, is not of ancient date. 

 That of placing statues on pillars is older, as it was dwne in 

 honour of C. ^IjeniuV 8 who conquered the ancient Latins, to 

 whom the Romans by treaty gave one third of the spoil which 

 they had obtained. It was in the same consulship also, that tho 

 "rostra" or beaks of the fillips, which had been taken from 

 the Antiatcs when vanquished, were fixed to the tribunal; it 



Maximus, B. ii. c. 7, that Mareinus mado a treaty with the Xuniantim s, 

 which the senate refused to ratify, and that he was, in consequence, sur- 

 rendered to the tncmy. We may suppose that ho regarded the transac- 

 tion :ts redounding nnre to the discredit of the senate than of himself. 1>. 



51 See end of if. xviii. 



is In the First Krgion of the City, near the Capenian Gate. 



46 "Celetes;" this appellation is derived from the Greek word *r*\r;t, 

 "swift/* and was applied to those who rode on horseback, in opposition to 

 the charioteers. B. 



57 Toinsinet remarks that Pliny has forgotten the pildcd chariot, with 

 six horses, which Cneius Cornelius dedicated in the Capitol, two hundred 

 years before Augustus ; he also refers to an ancient inscription in Uruter, 

 which mentions chariots of this description. 15. 



is Maiiiius was ci^ul with Kurius Camillus, A.U.C. JIG; we have an 

 account of his victories over the Latins uud other neighbouring nations 

 ia Livy, B. viiL c. 14. B. 



