Note 407 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)
Lewis Evans translation
Silanus. The son-in-law of the Emperor Claudius, who, as Tacitus says (Ann., xvi., 7), "Claritudine generis, and modestâ juventâ præcellebat." Cf. Ann., xii. Suet., Claud., 27.
"Hail from whatever stock you draw your birth, The son of Cossus, or the son of earth." Gifford.