vestra," "by your means" or "circumstances," he seems to be rebuking the
"proletarii," who had no such standing, and who probably formed the most
noisy part of the audience. As these paid no part of the taxes with
which the theatres were in part supported, of course they would be
placed at a greater distance from the stage, and probably were not
accommodated with seats. It was just about this period that the elder
Scipio assigned different places in the theatres to the various classes
of the people.]

[Footnote 6: _Listen to the rest_)--Ver. 16. "Reliquum" was a term
which either signified generally, "what is left," or money borrowed and
still unpaid. He plays upon these different meanings--"Accipite
reliquum," which may either signify "hear the rest" or "take what is due
and owing," and he then makes the observation, parenthetically, "alieno
uti nil moror," "I don't care to be in debt."]

[Footnote 7: _His own private slave_)--Ver. 20. "Peculiaris" means
"for his own private use," or "attached to his person;" being considered
as though bought with his son's "peculium," or out of his own private
purse. The "peculium" was the sum of money which a son in his minority
was allowed by his father to be in possession of. The word also
signified the savings of the slave.]

[Footnote 8: _Just like footballs_)--Ver. 22. "Pilas." Among the
ancients, games with the "pila" were those played with the "pila
trigonalis," so called, probably, from the players standing in a
triangle, and those with the "follis," which was a larger ball, inflated
with air and struck with the hands, or used for a football. "Paganica"
was a similar ball, but harder, being stuffed with feathers, and was
used by the country-people. "Harpastum" was a small ball used by the