¹⁷ So called from the consent or harmony of the celestial movements of these gods.

¹⁸ Tusc. Quaest. i. 26.

¹⁹ Livy, ii. 36; Cicero, De Divin. 26.

²⁰ Called by Cicero (De Oratore, i. 39) the most eloquent of lawyers, and the best skilled lawyer among eloquent men.

²¹ Super flua non nocent..

²² Rom. i. 25.

²³ De Divin. ii. 37.

²⁴ Cic. De Nat. Dearum, lib. ii. c. 28.

²⁵ Superstition, from superstes. Against his etymology of Cicero, see Lact. Inst. Div. iv. 28.

²⁶ Balbus, from balbutiens, stammering, babbling.

²⁷ See Cicero, De Nat.. Deor. i. 2.

²⁸ Plutarch's Numa, c. 8.

¹ Written in the year 415.

² On the application of astrology to national prosperity, and the success of certain religions, see Lecky's Rationalism, i. 303.

³ This fact is not recorded in any of the extant works of Hippocrates or Cicero. Vives supposes it may have found place in Cicero's book, De Fato.

⁴ I.e. the potter.

⁵ Epist. 107.

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