[Footnote 146: From the translation by Alexander Thomson, revised by
T. Forester.]
[Footnote 147: Now Pozzuoli, which fronts on the bay, seven miles west
of Naples. It still has ruins of an amphitheater, 482 feet by 384 in
size. In Roman times it was as important commercial city.]
[Footnote 148: Bovillae is now known as Frattochio. It stands on the
Appian Way, about nineteen miles from Rome.]
[Footnote 149: This mausoleum was of white marble rising in terraces
to a great height, and was crowned by a dome on which stood a statue
of Augustus. Marcellus was the first person buried there. Its site was
near the present Porta del Popolo.]
[Footnote 150: From the translation by Alexander Thomson, revised by
T. Forester.]
[Footnote 151: The Emperor Claudius.]
[Footnote 152: Nero was born in Antium, distant from Rome about
thirty-eight miles. The Apollo Belvidere was found among its ruins.]
[Footnote 153: These baths stood west of the Pantheon. Altho of great
extent, no remains of them now exist.]
[Footnote 154: This scheme, which was a favorite one of many Roman
emperors and even of Julius Caesar, was not realized until our time.
The Corinth canal was completed in 1893.]
[Footnote 155: From the translation by Alexander Thomson, revised by
T. Forester.]
[Footnote 156: The Roman general, then leader of the revolt against
Nero, who was afterward proclaimed Emperor.]
[Footnote 157: Epaphroditus was the master of Epictetus, the Stoic
philosopher, before his freedom.]