Note 952 — Chapter VII · CALPURNIUS SICULUS AND MINOR POETRY OF THE NERONIAN AGE
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Ecl. vii. 23-24:
“Vidimus in caelum trabibus spectacula textis Surgere, Tarpeium prope despectantia culmen”;
Tac., Ann., XIII. xxxi. (A.D. 57): “nisi cui libeat laudandis fundamentis et trabibus quis molem amphitheatri apud campum Martis Caesar extruxerat”; Suet., Nero, xii.: “munere quod in amphitheatro ligneo regione Martii campi intra anni spatium fabricato dedit....” The games instituted by Nero are mentioned in Suet., Nero, xi.