[191] _R.F._ p. 38 foll. Marindin's article "Salii," _Dict. of Antiqq._, is very useful and sensible. There is little doubt that the dress and armour of the Salii represented that of the primitive Latin warrior, calculated to frighten away evil spirits as well as enemies, and that their dances in procession had some object of this kind. It is noticeable that there were two gilds or collegia of them belonging to the Palatine and Quirinal cities respectively; and they are also found at Tibur, Alba, Lanuvium, and other Latin cities. [192] Or 15th (Ides), according to the conjecture of Wissowa; see _R.F._ p. 44 and _R.K._ p. 131. It is almost incredible that this should originally have been on a day of even number, contrary to the universal rule of the Fasti. [193] See below, p. 212 foll., for further consideration of this so-called purification. [194] _R.K._ p. 131. [195] See below, p. 217. [196] _R.K._ p. 131. [197] _Popular Religion and Folklore of India_, ii. 51. For the sacredness of the number three and its multiples, see Diels, _Sibyllinische Blaetter_, p. 40 foll.; but he limits it too much to chthonic religious ritual. See also H. Usener, "Dreizahl," in _Rheinisches Museum_, vol. 58, pp. 1 foll., 161 foll., and 321 foll. There is a summary of the results of these papers in Gruppe's _Mythologische Literatur_, 1898-1905, p. 360 foll. I may also refer to my friend Prof. Goudy's very interesting _Trichotomy in Roman Law_ (Oxford, 1910), p. 8 foll. [198] By von Domaszewski in _Archiv_ for 1907, p. 333 foll. The learned author's reasoning is often based on mere hypotheses as to the meaning of the festivals or the gods concerned in them, and his ideas as to the agricultural features of the months July, August, December seem to me doubtful; but the paper is one that all students of the calendar must reckon with. [199] Marquardt, _Privatleben_, pp. 459 and 569 foll. [200] For the festivals mentioned in the following paragraphs see _R.F._, _s.v._, and Wissowa, _R.K._, section 63. [201] "St. George and the Parilia," in _Revue des etudes ethnographiques et sociologiques_ for Jan. 1908. I owe my knowledge of this admirable study to the kindness of its author. [202] Frazer, _G.B._ ii. 318 foll.