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PLINX'S Is-ATFEAL HISTOET. 
[Book VI. 
one hundred and fifteen. Famous mountains, thirty-eight. 
Islands, one hundred and eight. Peoples or towns no longer 
in existence, ninety -five. Remarkable events, narratives, and 
observations, two thousand two hundred and fourteen. 
EoMAN AUTHORS QUOTED. — M. Agrippa,^^ M. Yarro,^* Yarro 
Atacinus,^^ Cornelius Nepos,^^ Hyginus,^'^ L. Yetus,^^ Mela 
Pomponius,^^ Domitius Corbulo,^ Licinius Mucianus,^^ Clau- 
dius Csesar,^^ Arruntius,^^ Sebosus,^ Pabricius Tuscus,^^ T. 
Livius,^^ Seneca, Nigidius.^^ 
PoREiGif AUTHOES QTJOTET). — King Juba,^ Hecatseus,^ 
Hellenicus,^ Damastes,^ Eudoxus,* Diceearchus,^ Baeton, ^ 
See end of B. iii. See end of B. ii. 
See end of B. iii. See end of B. ii. 
^"^ See end of B. iii. ^ See end of B. iii. 
See end of B. iii. 9o See end of B. v. 
91 See end of B. ii. 92 See end of B. v. 
9'^ See end of B. iii. See end of B. ii. 
95 See end of B. iii. 
96 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 come down to us. 
97 L. Annseus Seneca, the Eoman philosopher and millionnaire. He was 
put to death by Nero. 
9^ 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 Yarro, the most 
learned of the Romans. He was an active partisan of Pompey, and was 
compelled by Csesar 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. 99 gee end of B. v. 
1 For Hecatsous 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. ^ 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.c. 130. See B. ii. c. 67 of the present 
work. 
^ See end of B. ii. ^ See end of B. v. 
