WINE IN ROMAN TIMES. 



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of the L\- 

 of the sc 

 tlie custo 

 Romans, 

 alwa)'s c 

 kinds w'i 

 \'aliie okl 

 eight to 

 and accc 

 200 years 

 relished 



Italian vintage on record in those daA's. Ital)' was 

 the land which in Phn^-'s time produced the most 

 highly valued \vines: so tliat lie might well assert 

 that, by virtue of their merit, she ranked above all other 

 countries, and was onh' excelled b)"^ them in the pro- 

 duction of perfumes; nevertheless, he adds, there is no 

 fracrrance more delightful than that of the flowerino- 



