CHAP. 86.—TREES AS OLD AS THE CITY.
There is another lotus in the Vulcanal, [Note] which Romulus
erected with the tenth part of the spoil taken from the enemy:
according to Massurius, it is generally considered to be as old
as the City. The roots of this tree penetrate as far as the
Forum of Cæsar, right across the meeting-places of the municipalities. [Note] There was a cypress of equal age growing with it
till towards the latter part of Nero's reign, when it fell to the
ground, and no attempts were made to raise it again.
