. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . VEXCI. I.\P, SEGETES EVSTR.\XTVK MERCVR ET FEORAE.^ The Month of May XXXI days. The nones fall on tlie 7th day. The day has hours. The night has hours. The sun is in the sign of Taurus. The month is under tlie protection of Apollo. The corn is weeded. The slieep are shorn. The Avool is Youug steers are put under the yoke. The vetch of the meadows is cut. The of the crops is made. Sacrifices to Mercury and Flora. Horace doe
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . VEXCI. I.\P, SEGETES EVSTR.\XTVK MERCVR ET FEORAE.^ The Month of May XXXI days. The nones fall on tlie 7th day. The day has hours. The night has hours. The sun is in the sign of Taurus. The month is under tlie protection of Apollo. The corn is weeded. The slieep are shorn. The Avool is Youug steers are put under the yoke. The vetch of the meadows is cut. The of the crops is made. Sacrifices to Mercury and Flora. Horace does not draw a more agi-eeable i)i(tm-e of ancient citymanners. At Etiinc, he says, for a long time a inaii knew no other iileasnre and no otlicr festival tlian toopen his door at dawn, to explain tlie lawto his clients, and to lay out his money ongood security. They tisked from theirelders, and taught beginners, the art of in-creasing their savings and escaping In this Italy, so full of super-stitions, Cato Avill not have the farmer loseliis time in consulting the aruspices, augurs. Svlva Virg., Georg. i. 273; Cohini., de lie rnxt., ii. Ll. and Cato, dc Tie ..0. ° This inscription (To/yjiAv , vol. vi.,p. (i-?7| is taken from the Cnlendarmm rwftuitmFarnemtnum, also called Mcnolnijium rustinim Colnfiamim : it is a marble cube, bearing on itsfour sides the indication of the works and festivals for each month. ?? 1, 103-107. * This bronze of Hadrian represents Sylvanus, the guardian of the rural domain, who forthis reason was associated witli the Lares, dragging a ram and holding the/jcrfirai, or crooked MAXXEKS AM) 143 and soothsayers; he forbids him reliiiious practices which -wouhltake him avraj from liis home. His gods are on the hearth andat the nearest cross-roads. The Lares, Manes, and Sylvani, aresntiicient for the protection of the farm; there is no need ofother gods. These hiborions and economical habits which introduc
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