[244] _Ulmos._ Elms, to which the vines were to be "wedded," therefore put for the vines themselves. Cf. Virg., Georg., i., 2, "Ulmisque adjungere vites." Cf. Sat. viii., 78, Stratus humi palmes viduas desiderat ulmos. Hence Platanus Cælebs evincet ulmos. Cf. Hor., Epod., i., 9. [245] _Casa._ There is another fanciful interpretation of this passage. The _casa candida_ is said to mean the "white booths" so erected as to hide the picture of the "Argonautic" expedition, at the time of the Sigillaria, a kind of fair following the Saturnalia, when gems, etc., were exposed for sale. Cf. Suet., Nero, 28. [246] _Crystallina_ are most probably vessels of _pure white glass_, which from the ignorance of the use of metallic oxydes were very rare among the Romans, though they possessed the art of coloring glass with many varieties of hue. [247] _Mustacea_ (the Greek σησαμῆ, Arist., Pax., 869), a mixture of meal and anise, moistened with new wine. [248] Dacicus, i. e., gold coins of Domitian--the first from his Dacian, the second from his German wars. It was customary to present a plate full of these to the bride on the wedding night. Domitian assumed the title of Germanicus A.D. 84, and of Dacicus, A.D. 91. [249] "She tells thee where to love and where to hate, Shuts out the ancient friend, whose beard thy gate Knew from its downy to its hoary state." Gifford. [250] Cf. Æsch., Ag., 411, ἰὼ λέχος καὶ στίβοι φιλάνορες. [251] _Octo._ Eight divorces were allowed by law. [252] "They meet in private and prepare the bill, Draw up the instructions with a lawyer's skill." Gifford. "And teach the toothless lawyer how to bite." Dryden. [253] _Celsus._ There were two famous lawyers of this name; A. Cornelius Celsus, the well-known physician in Tiberius' reign, who wrote seven books of Institutes, and P. Juventius Celsus, who lived under Trajan and Hadrian, and wrote Digests and Commentaries. [254] _Endromis._ Cf. iii., 103. "A thick shaggy coat," to prevent cold after the violent exertions in the arena. _Ceroma._ Cf. iii., 68. The gladiator's ointment, made of oil, wax, and clay. "Nec injecto ceromate brachia tendis." Mart., vii., Ep. xxxii., 9. [255] _Palus_; a wooden post or figure on which young recruits used to practice their sword exercise, armed with shields and wooden swords double the regulation weight. [256] _Veræ._ Cf. ad i., 22. [257] _Manicæ._ If the proper reading is not "_tunicæ_" (as tunicati fuscina Gracchi, ii., 117. Cedamus tunicæ, viii., 207), the manicæ are probably "the sleeves of the tunic." Cf. Liv., ix., 40. [258] _Diversa._ i. e., as a Retiarius instead of a Mirmillo. [259] _Duræ._ "Pallade placata lanam mollite puellæ!" The process of softening the wool hardened the hands. Ov., Fast., iii., 817. [260] _Concha_, a large drinking-cup, shaped like a shell; or, not improbably, some large shell mounted in gold for a cup, like the Nautilus of Middle Ages.