33. Chap. 33. (33.)-Daylight In The Night.

CHAP. 33. (33.)—DAYLIGHT IN THE NIGHT.

A bright light has been seen proceeding from the heavens in the night time, as was the case in the consulship of C. Cæcilius and Cn. Papirius, and at many other times, so that there has been a kind of daylight in the night[1].

1. This phænomenon must be referred to the aurora borealis. See Livy, xxviii. 11. and xxix. 14.