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POMP EI ANA. 83
his dog may be formed at the feet of his
statue, and the monument be adorned
with garlands and representations of the
combats which would take place at his
funeral, as by such means he trusted his
memory would survive. That the enclosure
should extend a hundred feet in front and
two hundred in depth, trees of different
species being planted to form a grove
within, around his remains; since he held
it to be a mistaken idea, that those dwell-
ings which could but be temporary should
be alone worthy of care, while these, which
were to be inhabited for ever, were to be
neglected. He provides against any in-
dignity being offered, or nuisance com-
mitted, by leaving to one of his freed-men
the care of watching the depository of his
remains1; and would have particularly
expressed, that it descended not to his
heir.
i Ne in monumcutmu populus cacatum currat.
G 2
his dog may be formed at the feet of his
statue, and the monument be adorned
with garlands and representations of the
combats which would take place at his
funeral, as by such means he trusted his
memory would survive. That the enclosure
should extend a hundred feet in front and
two hundred in depth, trees of different
species being planted to form a grove
within, around his remains; since he held
it to be a mistaken idea, that those dwell-
ings which could but be temporary should
be alone worthy of care, while these, which
were to be inhabited for ever, were to be
neglected. He provides against any in-
dignity being offered, or nuisance com-
mitted, by leaving to one of his freed-men
the care of watching the depository of his
remains1; and would have particularly
expressed, that it descended not to his
heir.
i Ne in monumcutmu populus cacatum currat.
G 2