A line in the poem, immediately preceding that containing the allusion to the speech of Calvus,- Per consulatum perierat Vatinius,- was, till the appearance of Schwabe's 'Quaestiones Catullianae,' accepted as a proof that Catullus had actually witnessed the Consulship of Vatinius in 47 B.C. But it has been satisfactorily shown that that line refers to the boasts in which Vatinius used to indulge after the conference at Luca, or after his own election to the Praetorship, and not to their actual fulfilment at a later time.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
To the right of the high altar is the mausoleum of Bishop Salutati, and a marble tabernacle by Mino da Fiesole in 1465. The frescoes on the ceiling of the chancel are by Ferrucci; and the statue of St. Romulus in a sitting posture by Luca della Robbia or his nephew.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black
Born in Massa, Italy, 1866. Pupil of Accademia San Luca, Rome.
"The Art of the Exposition"
Eugen Neuhaus