among the Romans, a rope-dancer called ἐξωποδάρις, by the Greeks. The art of dancing on the tight-rope was carried to a wonderful degree of perfection among the Romans. In the Ludi Florales held under Galba, there were funambulatory elephants, as we are informed by Suetonius. Nero also gave similar entertainments in honour of his mother Agrippina; and Vopiscus relates the same of the time of Carinus and Numerianus.