Note 235-3 — Chapter II
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
Livy, XXXIX, 44. In Athens, too, the highest police board in the matter of luxury was the areopagus, which was at the same time a high financial court. Sully transformed the prohibition of luxury in regard to banquets into a tax on delicacies. Similarly, in regard to funeral-luxuries, at an earlier date. (Cicero, ad. Att., XII, 35.)