[14] Incorrect as the text stands. Valesius indicated that L. Marcius Philippus’ ancestor, Q. Marcius Philippus, was engaged not with Philip V of Macedonia but with his son Perseus (CIL 1, p. 359). Either Nicolaus was misinformed, or Φίλιππον has been inserted in the text by attraction in place of Περσέα. Cicero (Att. 12, 9) calls L. Philippus ‘son of Amyntas’ jokingly. Amyntas was the father of the great Philip of Macedon. Q. Philippus was actually in Macedonia during Philip’s lifetime according to Livy (39, 48; 40, 2-3). The passage in Nicolaus shows that the Marcii of Cicero’s day were descended from the noble Marcii active during the 2nd century B.C. [15] Octavius’ youth was spent in Rome and the vicinity (Suet., Aug. 94). [16] One of the instructors was one Epidius (Suet., Rhet. 4). For the question of his identification, see Schanz, Röm. Lit. Gesch., 1, p. 290. 4. [17] Beginning of 49 B.C. [18] L. Philippus had a country place near Cicero’s at Astura (Cic., Att., 12, 16; 12, 18, 1). [19] On October 18, 48 B.C. (CIL 10, 8375; Dessau, Ins. Lat. Sel., 108) since Octavius was born on September 23, 63 B.C., he was about 15 years old. Suetonius is correct in Aug. 8 where he speaks of Octavius as in his twelfth year, that is 11 years of age, and places the assumption of the toga virilis 4 years later. [20] L. Domitius Ahenobarbus was killed at Pharsalus (Cic., Phil., 2, 71; Caes., B. C., 3, 99; Suet., Nero, 2). Culex 26 and 27, ‘Octavi venerande’ and ‘sancte puer’ show that this was addressed to Octavius after his election to the office of pontifex; see Class. Philol. 15, p. 26. [21] The election of Octavius was, of course, at the request of Julius Caesar. [22] That of pontifex (Cic., Phil., 5, 17; Vell., 2, 59). [23] Valesius took this to be a reference to a custom prevalent in Rome in Cicero’s time. Foppish young men and even senators were to be seen arrayed not in the ordinary Roman, but in Eastern garb. See Cic., pro Rab. Post., 10, 27, where, however, there is a slight corruption of the text. 5. [24] In the autumn of 47, if both consuls were present as Nicolaus says. The Feriae Latinae were inaugurated in 49 (CIL 1, p. 440, Fasti Cos. Capitolini). The following year, 48, Caesar was absent in the East, as was also the case in 46 and 45. In 45 ‘a certain prefect’ conducted the Feriae (Dio 43, 48) for Caesar was then sole consul; in 48 and 46 the other consul was probably in charge. For 48 this was Servilius Isauricus and for 46, Lepidus.