(5) Whenever he did not salute a man, or return his salute, this

was a signal for massacre. (Plutarch, "Marius", 49.)

(6) The Marian massacre was in B.C. 87-86; the Sullan in 82-81.

(7) The head of Antonius was struck off and brought to Marius at

supper. He was the grandfather of the triumvir.

(8) Scaevola, it would appear, was put to death after Marius the

elder died, by the younger Marius. He was Pontifex Maximus,

and slain by the altar of Vesta.