158 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



been placed there in the time of Tarquinius Prisons, had there 

 not been in the Capitol the statues of the preceding kings/ 8 



(6.) Among these we have the statues of Romulus and 

 Tatius without the tunic ; as also that of Camillas, near the 

 Itostra. The equestrian statue of Marcius Tremulus, clad in the 

 toga, stood before the Temple of the Castors : 69 him who twice 

 subdued the Samnites, and by the capture of Anagnia delivered 

 the people from their tribute. 70 Among the most ancient are 

 those of Tiillus Cloelius, Lucius Koscius, Spurius Nautius, 

 and C. Fulcinus, near the Kostra, all of whom were assas- 

 sinated by the Fidenates, when on their mission as ambassa- 

 dors." 1 It was the custom with the republic to confer this 

 honour on those who had been unjustly put to death ; such as P. 

 Junius, also, and Titus Coruncanius, who were slain by Tenta, 

 queen of the Illyrians. 72 It would be wrong not to mention 

 what is stated in the Annals, that their statues, erected in 

 the Forum, were three feet in height ; whence it would appear 

 that such were the dimensions of these marks of honour in 

 those times. 



Xor must I forget to mention Cneius Octavius, on account of 

 the language used by the senate. 73 When King Antiochus 

 said, that he would give him an answer at another time, Oc- 

 tavius drew a line round him with a stick, which he happened 

 to have in his hand, and compelled him to give an answer 

 before he allowed him to step beyond the circle. Octavius 

 being slain 7 * while on this embassy, the senate ordered his 

 statue to be placed in the most conspicuous 75 spot ; and that 



66 We are informed by Dion Cassius, that there were eight statues in the 

 Capitol, seven of which were of the kings, and the eighth of Brutus, who 

 overthrew the kingly government ; at a later period the statue of Caesar 

 was placed by the side of that of Brutus. B. 



9 Suetonius, speaking of this temple, remarks, that though dedicated to 

 the brothers Castor and Pollux, it was only known as the Temple of 

 Castor. B. 



70 We have an account of the victory of Tremulus over the ITeruici, 

 ar.d of the statue erected in honour of him, in Livy, B. ix. c. 43. B. 



71 This event is referred to by Cicero, Philipp. ix., 5. B. 



72 Florus, B. ii. c. 5, gives ail account of the murder of P. Junius and 

 T. Coruncanius. B. 



73 In the Itamberg MS. the reading is "unura ?e. verbum.'* Grono- 

 vius is probably right in his conjecture that the word is " senutus consult!." 



74 By one Ltptines, at I>aodicea. 



w Oculatissimo." The place where there "was "the most extended 

 eyeshot." It is to this singular expression, probably, that Pliny alludes. 



