Note 1321 — MENSIS IANUARIUS.
Reading edition
Ad Virg. Georg. 2. 385; Marq. 200 and 192, where the old explanation (Macr. 1. 7. 34) seems to be adopted, that these were substitutes for human or other victims (cp. Bötticher, Baumkultus, 80 foll.). We have no clear evidence for this, and I am not disposed to accept it.