Note 648 — Chapter II · THE SAINTS’ DAYS (continued 2)
Reading edition
Such exclamations as “Bene vos! Bene te patriæ pater, Optime Cæsar!” were common. Ovid, Fasti, 2, 616-638. Valerius Max., 2, 1, 8. Martial., 9, 54. Bonghi, Die römischen Feste, translated by Ruhemunn, Vienna, 1892, 41.