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than one hundred and ninety-five different kinds of it ; in- 

 deed, if all the varieties are reckoned, they will amount to 

 nearly double that number. The various kinds of oil are 

 much less numerous — we shall proceed to give an account of 

 them in the following Book. 



Summary. — Remarkable facts, narratives, and observations, 

 five hundred and ten. 



Roman authors quoted. — Cornelius Yalerianus, 78 Virgil, 79 

 Celsus, 80 Cato the Censor, 81 Saserna, 82 father and son, Scrofa, 83 

 M. Varro, 84 D. Silanus, 85 Fabius Pictor, 86 Trogus, 87 Hyginus, 88 

 Flaccus Yerrius, 89 Grsecinus, 90 Julius Atticus, 91 Columella, 9 - 

 Massurius Sabinus, 93 Fenestella, 94 Tergilla, 95 Maccius Plautus, 96 

 Flavius, 97 Dossennus, 98 Scaevola," JElius, 1 Ateius Capito, 2 



78 See end of B. hi. " See end of B. vii. 



80 See end of B. vii. 8l See end of B. iii. 



82 See end of B. x. 83 See end of B. xi. 



84 See end of B. ii. 



85 Decimus Junius Silanus. He was commissioned by the senate, about 

 B.C. 146, to translate into Latin the twenty-eight books of Mago, the 

 Carthaginian, on Agriculture. See B. xviii. c. 5. 



86 See end of B. x. 87 See end of B. vii. 

 88 See end of B. iii. 89 See end of B. iii. 



90 Julius Grrecinus. He was one of the most distinguished orators of 

 his time. Having refused to accuse M. Julius Silanus, he was put to death 

 a.d. 39. He wrote a work, in two books, on the culture of the vine. 



91 He was a contemporary of Celsus and Columella, the latter of whom 

 states that he wrote a work on a peculiar method of cultivating the vine. 

 See also B. xvii. c. 18. 9 ~ See end of B. viii. 



93 See end of B. vii. u See end of B. viii. 



95 Nothing is known of him. He may possibly have written on Hus- 

 bandry, and seems to have spoken in dispraise of the son of Cicero. See 

 c 28 of the present Book. 



9fi The famous Roman Comic poet, bom B.C. 184. Twenty of his come- 

 dies are still in existence. 



97 For Alfius Flavius, see end of B. ix. ; for Cneius Flavius, see end of 

 B. xii. 



9s Or Dorsenus Fabius, an ancient Comic dramatist, censured by Horace 

 for the buffoonery of his characters, and the carelessness of his productions. 

 In the loth Chapter of this Book, Pliny quotes a line from his Acharistio. 



99 Q. Mutius Sctevola, consul B.C. 95, and assassinated by C. Flavius 

 Fimbria, having been proscribed by the Marian faction. He wrote several 

 works on the Roman law, and Cicero was in the number of his disciples. 



1 Sextus iElius Paetus Catus. a celebrated jurisconsult, and consul n.u 

 198. He wrote a work ou the Twelve Tables. 



2 See end of B. iii. 



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