oll. The latest
research (Korte in Pauly-Wissowa, _s.v._ "Etrusker," p.
747) concludes that the arrival of the Etruscans on the
west coast of Italy cannot be safely put earlier than
the eighth century.

[187] Huelsen-Jordan, _Rom. Topogr._ iii. 153. In a brief
but masterly paper in the publications of the _American
School at Rome_, 1908, p. 173 foll., J. B. Carter deals
with the whole problem of the pomoerium and the
pre-Servian city.

[188] Wissowa, _R.K._ p. 27.

[189] In _C.I.L._ i.^2, p. 297 foll. See _R.F._ p. 14
foll.

[190] See the Fasti in _R.F._ p. 21 foll.; or in
Wissowa, _R.K._, at end of the book.

[191] _R.F._ p. 38 foll. Marindin's article "Salii,"
_Dict. of Antiqq._, is very useful and sensible. There
is little doubt that the dress and armour of the Salii
represented that of the primitive Latin warrior,
calculated to frighten away evil spirits as well as
enemies, and that their dances in procession had some
object of this kind. It is noticeable that there were
two gilds or collegia of them belonging to the Palatine
and Quirinal cities respectively; and they are also
found at Tibur, Alba, Lanuvium, and other Latin cities.

[192] Or 15th (Ides), according to the conjecture of
Wissowa; see _R.F._ p. 44 and _R.K._ p. 131. It is
almost incredible that this should originally have been
on a day of even number, contrary to the universal rule
of the Fasti.

[193] See below, p. 212 foll., for further consideration
of this so-called purification.

[194] _R.K._ p. 131.

[195] See below, p. 217.

[196] _R.K._ p. 131.

[197] _Popular Religion and Folklore of India_, ii. 51.
For the sacredness of the number three and its
multiples, see Diels, _Sibyllinische Blaetter_, p. 40
foll.; but he limits it too much to chthonic religious
ritual. See also H. Usener, "Dreizahl," in _Rheinisches
Museum_, vol. 58, pp. 1 foll., 161 foll., and 321 foll.
There is a summary of the results of these papers in
Gruppe's _Mythologische Literatur_, 1898-1905, p. 360
foll. I may also refer to my friend Prof. Goudy's very
interesting _Trichotomy in Roman Law_ (Oxford, 1910), p.
8 foll.

[198] By von Domaszewski in _Archiv_ for 1907, p. 333
foll. The learned author's reasoning is often based on
mere hypotheses as to the meaning of the