Usener in _Rhein. Mus._ xxx. 218; Roscher, _Lex._ s. v. Mars 2419, can only quote two very vague and doubtful passages from late writers in support of the view that the shields were symbols of the months; Lydus 4. 2. who says that the Salii sang in praise of Janus, κατὰ τὸν τῶν Ἰταλικῶν μηνῶν ἀριθμόν; and Liber glossarum, Cod. Vat. Palat. 1773 f. 40 v.: Ancilia: scuta unius anni. Footnote 97: For the evidence on this point, and others connected with the Salii, I must refer the reader to Mr. G. E. Marindin’s excellent article ‘Salii’ in the new edition of Smith’s _Dict. of Antiquities_, the most complete and at the same time sensible account that has appeared in recent years. (The article ‘Ancilia’ in the new edition of Pauly’s _Real-Encycl._ is disappointing.) Dionysius, Varro, and Plutarch are all at one about the shape of the shields, and Mr. Marindin is quite right in insisting that Ovid does not contradict them. (See the passages quoted in the article.) The coins of Licinius Stolo and of Antoninus Pius (Cohen, _Méd. Cons._ plate xxiv. 9, 10, and _Méd. Imp._ ii, no. 467) give the same peculiar shape. The bronze of Domitian, A.D. 88 (Cohen, _Méd. Imp._ i. plate xvii), and the coins of Sanquinius, B.C. 16 (both issued in connexion with ludi saeculares), on which are figures supposed to be Salii with round shields, have certainly been misinterpreted (e. g. in Marq. 431). See note at end of this work. Footnote 98: Jordan, in _Commentationes in hon. Momms._ p. 365. There could not b _feriae_ on this day, as it was a _dies fastus_. Footnote 99: _Fast._ 3. 429 ‘Una nota est Marti Nonis; sacrata quod illis Templa putant lucos Vediovis ante duos.’ Footnote 100: Aust, _de Aedibus sacris_, p. 33. Footnote 101: Polyb. 21. 10 (13); Liv. 37. 33. Footnote 102: See his article in _Dict. Ant._ He further suggests that in Philocalus’ note _ancilia_ is an adjective, and that _arma ancilia_ means the shields only, as the spears of Mars do not seem to have been used by the Salii. Footnote 103: The day is of course not given in these almanacs; but the position is between Isidis navigium (March 5) and Liberalia (March 17). Footnote 104: _de Feriis_, ix. foll. Cp. _C. I. L._ 311. Footnote 105: The usual sacrifice to Jupiter on the Ides is also mentioned by Wissowa in this connexion; but I should hardly imagine that it would have had a sufficiently popular character to cause any such alteration as he is arguing for. But the first full moon of the year may have become over-crowded with rites; and it was the day on which at one time the consuls entered on office, B.C. 222 to 154 (Mommsen, _Chron._ 102 and notes). Footnote 106: Wissowa takes both as lustrations of cavalry. Mommsen, _C. I. L._ 332, disapproves of Wissowa’s reasoning about this day. Footnote 107: _C. I. L._ 311. Footnote 108: _C. I. L._ 254. Footnote 109: