32 Mr. Worcester on Longevity. 
‘‘ Besides these, Parma, in particular, afforded five, whereof 
three had fulfilled 120, and two 130: Brussels afforded one 
125 years old: Placentia, one aged 131: Faventia, one woman 
aged 132: a certain town, then called Velleiacium, situate in the 
hills about Placentia, afforded ten, whereof six fulfilled 110 years 
of age; four, 120: lastly, Rimino, one of 150 years, whose 
name was Marcus Apponius.’’—Clodia, the wife of Ophilius, who 
lived to the age of 116 years, is mentioned by Pliny, the natural- 
ist, as the oldest female who had died in ancient Rome. 
The most extraordinary instance of longevity in modern times, 
with regard to which satisfactory information is to be found, is 
that of Peter Tortin, or Zorten, a native of Kofrock, four miles 
from Temesvar, in Hungary. He died January 5, 1724, at the 
age of 185. A few days before his death, he walked, with the 
assistance of a stick, to the post-house in Kofrock, to ask charity 
of the travellers. He had then but little sight, and his hair and 
beard were of a greenish white colour, like mouldy bread, and 
few of his teeth remained. Being a Greek by religion, the old 
man was a strict observer of fasts, and his food consisted of 
pulse, milk, and bread, with a little brandy. His youngest son, 
born of his third wife, was living at the time of his father’s death, 
at the age of 97. 
John Rovin and his wife, natives of Stadowa, in Temesvar, 
Hungary, both died in the place of their nativity, in 1741, the 
former in his 172d year, the latter in her 164th ; having been 
married 147 years. They left four children living at the time of 
their death, the youngest being 116 years of age. These instan- 
ces are the more extraordinary, as the climate of Temesvar is not 
esteemed very salubrious.—See Sir John Sinclair’s “Code of 
Health and Longevity,” Vol. Il. pp. 274-276; also Easton 
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