114 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY. [Book VI. 



one hundred and fifteen. Famous mountains, thirty-eight. 

 Islands, one hundred and eight. Peoples or towns no longer 

 in existence, ninety-five. Eemarkable events, narratives, and 

 observations, two thousand two hundred and fourteen. 



ROMAN AUTHORS QUOTED. M. Agrippa, 83 M. Yarro, 84 Varro 

 Atacinus, 65 Cornelius Nepos, 86 Hyginus, 87 L. Yetus, 88 Mela 

 Pomponius, 89 Domitius Corbulo, 90 Licinius Mueianus, 91 Clau- 

 dius Csesar, 92 Arruntius, 93 Sebosus, 94 Fabricius Tuscus, 95 T. 

 Livius, 96 Seneca, 97 Nigidius. 98 



FOREIGN AUTHORS QUOTED. King Juba," Hecatseus, 1 

 Hellenicus, 2 Damastes, 3 Eudoxus, 4 Dicsearchus, 5 Bseton, 6 



83 See end of B. iii. 81 See end of B. ii. 



85 See end of B. iii. 86 See end of B. ii. 



87 See end of B. iii. 88 See end of B. iii. 



69 See end of B. iii. 90 See end of B. v. 



91 See end of B. ii. 92 See end of B. v. 



93 See end of B. iii. 94 See end of B. ii. 



95 See end of B. iii. 



96 The famous Roman historian, a native of Padua. He died at his 

 native town, in the year A.D. 17, aged 76. Of his Annals, composed in 

 142, only 35 Books have come down to us. 



97 L. Annseus Seneca, the Roman philosopher and millionnaire. He was 

 put to death hy Nero. 



98 P. Nigidius Figulus, a Roman senator, and Pythagorean philosopher, 

 skilled in astrology and other sciences. He was so celebrated for his 

 knowledge, that Aulus Gellius pronounces him, next to Varro, the most 

 learned of the Romans. He was an active partisan of Pompey, and was 

 compelled by Caesar to live at a distance from Rome. He died in exile, 

 B.C. 44. There is a letter of consolation addressed to him by Cicero in his 

 Epistles " ad Familiares," which contains a warm tribute to his worth and 

 learning. " See end of B. v. 



1 For Hecatseus of Miletus, see end of B. iv. Hecataeus of Abdera was 

 a contemporary of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy Lagides. He is 

 thought to have accompanied the former in his Asiatic expedition as far 

 as Syria. He was a pupil of the sceptic Pyrrho, and is called a philosopher, 

 critic, and grammarian. He was the author of a History of Egypt, a work 

 on the Hyperborei, and a History of the Jews. 



2 See end of B. iv. 3 See end of B. iv. 



4 For Eudoxus of Cnidos, see end of B. ii. Eudoxus of Cyzicus was a 

 geographer and a native of Egypt, who was employed by Ptolemy Euer- 

 getes and his wife Cleopatra in voyages to India. He made attempts to 

 circumnavigate Africa by sailing to the south, but without success. He 

 is supposed to have lived about B.C. 130. See B. ii. c. 67 of the present 

 work. 



5 See end of B. ii. e See end of B. v. 



