[55] In B.C. 361 an Aius Locutius was produced (Liv. v. 32. 6, 50. 6, 52. 11); in 211 a Rediculus Tutanus (Festus s.v.); in or after 269 a spirit of silver coin, Argentinus (August., _C. D._ iv. 21 and 28); but no spirit was forthcoming for gold coin, which was first struck in B.C. 217. See further Roscher's _Lexikon_, s.v. _Indigitamenta_. [56] So called "quod marem effuso semine liberat."—Augustin, _C. D._ vii. 2. [57] Finally, with regard to _Matuta_, the very remarkable fact recorded in _Romane Questions_, 17, that people prayed to her not for any blessings to their own children, but for their nephews only (brothers' or sisters' children), immediately suggests that we have here an indication that the Nair type of family was once known in Italy. But the indication, being isolated, has perhaps not much value. [58] She occurs in the following series:—Fluvionia, Mena, Vitumnus, Sentinus, Alemona, Nova, Decima, Partula, Carmenta, Lucina, for which see S. August., _C. D._ vii. 3; Tertull., _De An._ 37, and _Ad Nat._ ii. 11. [59] Liv. v. 47; Dion. Hal. i. 32; Serv. on Æn. viii. 337; W. Becker, _Handb. d. röm. Altert._, i. 137. [60] Derived probably from Varro, _R. R._ II. xi. 5. [61] Livy, i. 45. 3; Dionys., iv. 25; Aur. Vict., _De Vir. Ill._, vii. 9. [62] As Preller does, _R. M._^3, i. 313. [63] _e.g._, _C. I. L._ vi. 656, 658, &c. [64] _C. I. L._, vii. 451. [65] Grimm, _D. M._^4, iii. 104; _cf._ Gummere, _Germanic Origins_, 383. "Special influence over cattle is ascribed to wood-spirits" (_Golden Bough_, i. 105). [66] Gummere, p. 387; _cf._ Bugge, _Studien_, p. 393 _ff._ [67] _Golden Bough_, i. 187 _ff._ [68] _Ibid._, 188. The date of the rite was 13th August; _cf._ Auson., _De Fer. Rom._, 6; Martial, 12, 67, 2. The asylum for runaway slaves afforded by the temple finds a folk-lore explanation in a folk-etymology. "Ædem Dianæ dedicaverit in Aventino, cuius tutelæ sint cervi, a quo celeritate fugitivos vocent cervos" (Festus, p. 343^a, 7, s.v. _Servorum dies_). Birt (Roscher's _Lexikon_, i. 1008) seems to take this explanation seriously; but the temple on the Aventine was precisely the temple in which the goddess of _cervi_ was not worshipped. Possibly the right of asylum was conferred on the temple as part of the political changes brought about by the formation of the Latin confederacy, for this temple was the religious centre of the Latin alliance, "Commune Latinorum Dianæ templum" (Varro, _L. L._ v. 43). Hence, then, the folk-story that Servius Tullius, "natus servus" (Festus, _l.c._), built the temple and gave it the right of asylum. [69] For the full list see Marquardt, 328-331. [70] _Golden Bough_, i. 37 _ff._ [71] _Ibid._, i. 39. [72] _Golden Bough_, ch. ii. [73] _Röm. Mythol._^3, i. 201.