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47 Or was it that since Rome, from the very beginning, has been in great danger from conflagrations, they decided to show honour to this god, but to place his temple outside of the city? Cf. Vitruvius, i. 7. 1.

48 Why is it that at the festival of the Consualia they place garlands on both the horses and the asses and allow them to rest?

48 Is it because they celebrate this festival in honour of Poseidon, god of horses, Cf.Life of Romulus, chap. xiv. (25 d). and the ass enjoys a share in the horse’s exemption?

48 Or is it that since navigation and transport by sea have been discovered, pack animals have come to enjoy a certain measure of ease and rest?

49 Why was it the custom for those canvassing for office to do so in the toga without the tunic, as Cato has recorded? Cf. Life of Coriolanus, chap. xiv. (219 f-220 a).

49 Was it in order that they might not carry money in the folds of their tunic and give bribes?

49 Or was it rather because they used to judge candidates worthy of office, not by their family nor their wealth nor their repute, but by their wounds and scars? Accordingly that these might be visible to those that encountered them, they used to go down to their canvassing without tunics.

49 Or were they trying to commend themselves to popular favour by thus humiliating themselves by their scanty attire, even as they do by hand-shaking, personal appeals, and fawning behaviour?

50 Why did the priest of Jupiter (Flamen Dialis) resign his office if his wife died, as Ateius has recorded? Cf. Aulus Gellius, x. 15.

50 Is it because the man who has taken a wife and then lost her is more unfortunate than one who has never taken a wife? For the house of the married man is complete, but the house of him who has married and later lost his wife is not only incomplete, but also crippled.

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