Note 351 — Chapter XI · LUCRETIUS.—PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
Reading edition
The lines (v. 999)—
'At non multa virum sub signis milia ducta Una dies dabat exitio,' etc.—
might well be a reminiscence of the great massacre at the Colline gate.
Reading edition
The lines (v. 999)—
'At non multa virum sub signis milia ducta Una dies dabat exitio,' etc.—
might well be a reminiscence of the great massacre at the Colline gate.