From them it passed into Asia Minor, Greece, and the adjacent islands. […] Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, in order to secure it from being lost, caused several shields to be made, so exactly like it, that it was almost impossible to distinguish the original. […] It took 220 years to finish it. […] They daily sprinkle it with oil and adorn it with flowers. […] Where was the Serapeum, what kind of building was it, and by whose order was it destroyed?