[697] Besides the lake and mountain of Ciminus, there was also a forest, which was regarded with special awe in the early history of Rome, so that the Senate once forbade a consul to lead his army through it: he had however passed it in safety before the order reached him, Livy 9. 36 foll. See Dict. G., where also the features of the country are described. ‘Lucos Capenos’ would naturally refer to Feronia, though that is mentioned by name in a different connexion v. 800 below.
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