Luculli miles collecta viatica multis Aerumnis, lassus dum noctu stertit, ad assem Perdiderat; post hoc vehemens lupus, et sibi et hosti Iratus pariter, ieiunis dentibus acer, Praesidium regale loco deiecit, ut aiunt, 30 Summe munito et multarum divite rerum. Clarus ob id factum donis ornatur honestis, Accipit et bis dena super sestertia nummum. Forte sub hoc tempus castellum evertere praetor Nescio quod cupiens hortari coepit eundem 35 Verbis, quae timido quoque possent addere mentem: ‘I, bone, quo virtus tua te vocat, i pede fausto, Grandia laturus meritorum praemia. Quid stas?’ Post haec ille catus, quantumvis rusticus, ‘Ibit, Ibit eo quo vis qui zonam perdidit,’ inquit. 40 HORACE, _Ep._ II. ii. 26-40. [Linenotes: 26. +viatica+ = _savings_ (cf. _prize-money_). +viaticum+ = originally _travelling-money_. 28. +vehemens lupus+ = _a very wolf in his fury_. Cf. Vergil’s simile for a forlorn hope--‘lupi ceu | Raptores.’ --Wickham. 32. +donis honestis+ = _gifts of honour_--i.e. the _corona muralis_, the _mural crown_, such as is worn by the goddess Cybele. 33. +nummum+ (= _nummorum_) = _in hard cash_. 39. +catus+ = _shrewd_, _witty_, a Sabine word, = _acutus_. 39-40. +Ibit ... quo vis+, the original of Juvenal’s _ad caelum, iusseris, ibit_. 40. +zonam+ = _purse_. The +zona+ here was a broad belt made double or hollow to carry money in.] B. _The Wealth of Lucullus._ Chlamydes Lucullus, ut aiunt, 40 Si posset centum scaenae praebere rogatus, ‘Qui possum tot?’ ait; ‘tamen et quaeram, et quot habebo Mittam’: post paulo scribit sibi milia quinque Esse domi chlamydum; partem vel tolleret omnes. 44 HORACE, _Ep._ I. vi. 40-44. +Subject.+ Horace says ‘I am like Lucullus’ soldier--when his pocket was empty he would volunteer for forlorn hopes; when it was full again he would do so no more. It was poverty that made me write verses.’ --W. [Linenotes: 40. +Chlamydes.+ The Chlamys was the light short mantle of the Greeks, here wanted for a pageant on the stage. 44. +tolleret.+ The subj. is the praetor or person giving the show. --W.] +Reference.+ For _the magnificence of his Villas_ at Tusculum and near Neapolis, see Cicero _De Fin._ ii. § 107, _De Leg._ iii. § 30, Pliny, _N. H._ ix. 170. B24 WAR WITH SPARTACUS, 73-71 B.C. _Spartacus and his Gladiators._