[276] Comp. note on G. 2. 345. The notion here is that of succession. ‘The nation shall then pass into the hands of Romulus.’ There is nothing to warrant the notion of Thiel and Forb. that ‘excipiet’ = “accipiet asylo.” ‘Mavortia’ may point at once to the birth of Romulus, the worship of Mars at Rome, and the martial character of the nation.
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