[652] ‘In summo’ is explained by Serv. of the top of the shield, comp. “in medio” v. 675. Heyne takes it with ‘Tarpeiae arcis.’ It is difficult to decide. Wagn.'s objections to Heyne's interpretation, that ‘arcis’ is required for ‘custos,’ which would not describe Manlius Manlius if it stood alone, and that Manlius would not naturally stand on the top of the rock, seem futile: ‘custos’ is defined by ‘arcis,’ even if it is not actually constructed with it (comp. G. 1. 273, a stronger case of double construction), and the question is not where Manlius would naturally have stood, but where he would have been represented as standing for pictorial effect. ‘Tarpeiae’ v. 347.
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