(14) That is, night was at its shortest.

(15) On the following passage see Dean Merivale's remarks,

"History of the Roman Empire", chapter xvi.

(17) For Phlegra, the scene of the battle between the giants and

the gods, see Book VII., 170, and Book IX., 774. Ben Jonson

("Sejanus", Act v., scene 10) says of Sejanus: --

"Phlegra, the field where all the sons of earth

Mustered against the gods, did ne'er acknowledge

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