[Footnote 222: Such as Baiae, and the islands of Ischia, Procida, Capri,
and others; the resorts of the opulent nobles, where they had magnificent
marine villas.]
[Footnote 223: Now Tivoli, a delicious spot, where Horace had a villa, in
which he hoped to spend his declining years.
Ver ubi longum, tepidasque praebet
Jupiter brumas: . . . . .. . . . .
. . . . . . . . ibi, tu calentem
Debita sparges lachryma favillam
Vatis amici. Odes, B. ii. 5.