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templum, etc., the sanctuary of public purity, grandeur, wisdom, and counsel.

templum . . . inflammari, indir. disc. after the idea of seeing continued from vidimus.

aram sociorum, as being the place to which they looked for protection.

portum, haven or refuge.

funestari, defiled by the presence of a corpse.

ab uno, i.e. Sex. Clodius.

ustor, i.e. in the humble capacity of a mere cremator. A bitter jest on the consequences of Sex. Clodius's act in burning the body.


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