[157] For the custom of solemnly tracing out the site of cities comp. 5. 755 note. ‘Humili,’ shallow. Tac. A. 1. 61 has “humili fossa,” and Pliny Ep. 8. 20. 5 “humili radice.” Comp. the double sense of “altus.” This first settlement, distinct from Lavinium, was part of the common version of the legend: see Lewis p. 332. According to Cato ap. Serv. and Livy 1. 1 it bore the name of Troia.
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