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298 NOTES.
266. Rutulis. Dat. of reference, after tran8ie,·;"t. Lit. for, 118
regards. But the general idea is, "ofter the conquest ot' the Rutulian8.'
W. quotes a Soimilar use of the Greek dat. from Demosth. in
Mid. c. 24.
267. Iulo. Dat. by nttraction in ",pposition with ClLi. In what two
other cases might it have been put? H.387, and 1 anJ 2; A. & S. 204,
Rem 8, (a), and (b); B. 632,622,6:11; A. 51, VI.: 50, I. 4; 46.
268. Res Ilia, the Ilia" stnte. Re8=respublica.-Regno, in its
power. A bl. showing in ,.itat "cspcct the signification of stctit is taken.
269. Magnos orbes =annos. -Volvendis. A. & S. 274, Rem. 9.­
Volvo mensibus. H. 428; A. "" S. 211, Rem. 6; B. 888; A. 54, II.
271. Alba, or Alba Longa, was built on the Alban mount, on the
north-eastern Ehore of the lake Albanus, and called, according to Sir
William Gell, the "long white" town, from its being built Chiefly in
one long street, and from its white houses, or the white (or gray) rocks
on which it stood. But Alba is probably from All', a lUouutlLiu llOight.
273-4. Sacerdos, regina, Ilia. Fr. translates these words as f,ollows:
A prie8te88, da Itghtel' of a king, of T,·oja .. deRcelit. Rhea Syl via,
or ilia, a Vest:..1 virgin, by Mars the mother of Romulus and Remus
(geminam Jlmlem), was the daughter of the Alban king Numitor.
275. Lupa.e nutricis. The infants Romulus aud Remus were said to
ba\'e been nourished by a she-wolf.
279. Quin, "ay, even.
281. Consilia.-referet, shl'1l change her plans for the better.
282. Toga.tam. The toga was the characteristic dress of the Romans.
283. Placitum, SC. e8t miM.
284--5. Aeneas was the great-grandson of A •• aracu., the son of Tr08.
Phthia (a city of Phthill. or Phthi5tis, in the S.E. of 'fhesslI.ly) was the
bome of Achilles, Mycenae (in Argolis) of Agamemnon, A,·go. of Diomede.
286. Ca.esar, i. e. Angustns.
287. Qui terminet. This pres. subj., in a relative clause depending
upon a verb in the future tense, and denoting cle.tiny, is translated hy
the auxiliary .hall. See note on qui - lene"ent, line 236.
288-90. Augustus, having been adopted by O. JuliUl! Caesar, received
the flomen (Julius) of the Julian gens. The Caesars traced their origin
to Ascanius, for whom the name lulu, (11$ tho original of Julius) was
del'ised.-Caelo, poet. aLl. ofpliwe.-Vocabitur, etc. Augustus was deifiod
by the Romans.-Hic quoque, he also, i.e. as well as Aeneas (259 sq).
292. Cana. white-haired, - with her hoary locks. Fides was older