BOOK VII. xLviii. i58-xLi.\. i6o 



Also arnong women Livia wife of Rutilius e^- LongevUy oj 

 ceeded 97 years, Statilia a lady of noble faniily "'<""^"- 

 under the Emperor Claudius 99, Terentia Cicero's 

 wife 103, Clodia Ofilius's wife 115; the latter 

 also bore 15 children. The actress Lucceia de- 

 livered a recitation on the stage at 100." Galeria 

 Copiola the actress of interludes was brouglit back 

 to the stage in the consulship of Gaius Poppaciis and 

 Quintus Sulpicius,* at the votive games celebrated 

 for the recovery of his late Majesty Augustus, when 

 in her 104th year ; she had been brought out at her 

 first appearance by Marcus Pomponius, aedile of the 

 plebs, in the coasulship <^ of Gaius Marius and Gnaeus 

 Carbo, 9J years before, and she was brought back 

 to the stage when an old woman by Pompey the 

 Great as a marvel at the dedication of the big 

 theatre. Also Pedianus Asconius states that Sam- 

 mula lived 110 years. I am less surprised that 

 Stephanio, who first introduced dancing in national 

 costume, danced at both secular games, both those 

 of his late Majesty Augastus and those celebrated 

 by Claudius Caesar in his fourth consulship, as 

 the interval was only 63 years, although he also 

 Uved a long time afterwards. Mucianus is the 

 authority for one Tempsis having lived 150 years at 

 the place called Mount Tmolus Heights ; and the 

 census of Claudius Caesar gives the same number 

 of years for Titus FuUonius of Bologna, which has 

 been verified by comparing the census returns he had 

 made previously and by the facts of his career — for 

 the emperor gave his attention to this matter. 



XLIX. The topic seems of itself to call for the view scimtijic 

 held by astronomical science. Epigenes declared that J^^^pX!" 

 it is impossible to Hve 112 years ; Berosus said that 



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