114 PLIST'S NATUEAIi HISTOfiT. [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 ttiousand two hundred and fourteen. 



'EoMiw ATJiHOES auoTED. — M. Agrippa," M. Varro,^ Varro 

 Atacinus,5= Cornelius Nepos,*' Hyginus,*' L. Tetus,* Mela 

 Pompohius,*' Domitius Corbulo,™ Licinius Mucianus,'' Clau- 

 dius Csesar,'* Arruntius,'' Sebosus,'^ Fabricius Tuscus,'* T. 

 Iiivius,^* Seneca,'" Nigidius.'* 



FoEEiGN ATTTHOES aTTOTED. — King Juba,* Hefetseus,' 

 Hellenicus," Damastes,' Eudoxus,* Dicaearchus,' Baeton,' 



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



"^ See end of B. iii. *« See end of B. ii. 



8' See end of B. iii. ss See end of B. iii. 



8' See end of B. iii. ^ See end of B. t. 



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



» See end of B. iii. 9* See end of B. ii. 



'* See end of B. iii. 



^ The famous Eoman 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 comedown to us. 



*' L. Annaeus Seneca, the Roman philosopher and millionnaire. He was 

 put to death by Nero. 



™ P. Nigidius Figulus, a Eoman senator, and Pythagorean philosopher, 

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

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

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

 compelled by Csesar to live at a distance from Eome. 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. 



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

 a contemporary of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy Lagldes. 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. ' See end of B. iv. 



* 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.o. 130. See B. ii. c. 67 of the present 

 work. 



* See end of B. ii. « See end of B. v. 



