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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. — E-emarkable facts, narratives, and observations, 
five hundred and ten. 
EoMAJj" AUTHOKS QUOTED. — Cornclius Yalerianus,'^^ Virgil,*^^ 
Celsus,^^ Cato the Censor,^^ Saserna,^^ father and son, Scrofa,^^ 
M. Yarro,^* D, Silanus,^^ Fabius Pictor,^^ Trogus,^^ Hyginus,«« 
Placcus Yerrius,^^ Grsecinus,^^ Julius Atticus,^^ Columella,^- 
Massurius Sabinus,^^ Fenestella,^^ Tergilla,^^ Maccius Plautus,^ 
riavius,^^ Dossennus,^^ Scsevola,^^ ^lius,^ Ateius Capito,'^ 
'^^ See end of B. iii. ''^ See end of E. vii. 
See end of B. vii. See end of B. iii. 
8"- See end of B. x. See end of B. xi. 
84 See end of B. ii. _ 
8^ Decimus Junius Silanus. He was commissioned by the senate, about 
B.C. 146, to translate into Latin tlie twenty-eight books of Mago, the 
Carthaginian, on Agriculture. See B. xviii. c. 5. 
^6 See end of B. x. ^'^ See end of B. vii. 
See end of B. iii. See end of B. iii. 
^0 Julius Graecinus. 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. 
^1 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. See end of B. viii. 
^3 See end of E. vii. See end of B. viii. 
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. 
The famous Eoman Comic poet, born b.c. 184. Twenty of his come- 
dies are still in existence. 
For Alfius Flavins, see end of B. ix. ; for Cneius Flavins, see end of 
B. xii. 
Or Dorsenus Fabius, an ancient Comic dramatist, censured by Horace 
for the buffoonery of his characters, and the carelessness of his productions. 
In the 15th Chapter of this Book, Pliny quotes a line from his Acharistio. 
9^ Q. Mutius Sc(£vola, consul b.c. 9o, and assassinated by C. Flavins 
Fimbria, having been proscribed by the Marian fkction. He wrote several 
works on the Eoman law, and Cicero was in the number of his disciples. 
1 Sextus ^Ilus Paetus Catus, a celebrated jurisconsult, and consul b.c. 
198. He wrote a work on the Twelve Tables. 
2 See end of B. iii. 
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