HORTI VARIANI
gardens that are mentioned only once (Hist. Aug. Aurel.
I), where the context points to a location on the Pincian hill or beyond-
unless indeed their invention is due to a misunderstanding of Hist. Aug.
Heliogab. 14. 5;
SHA 1916, 7. A, 13. See
NS 1922, 137; LR 397,
where they are treated as identical with the
HORTI SPEI VETERIS (q.v.),
but wrongly (Ml6. 1899, 125), for a proposed site, partly inside, partly
outside the porta Praesnestina; and cf.
OBELISCUS ANTINOI.