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Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (ed. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A.) 1 1 Browse Search
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 1 1 Browse Search
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ased. In the Human Antiquities he discussed the creation of man, his bodily frame, and all matters connected with his physical constitution. He then passed on to take a survey of ancient Italy, the geographical distribution of the country, the different tribes by which it was inhabited, their origin and fortunes. The legends regarding the arrival of Aeneas served as an introduction to the early history and chronology of Rome, in which he determined the era for the foundation of the city (B. C. 753), which usually passes by his name, and as he advanced gave a view of the political institutions and social habits of His countrymen from the earliest times. The Divine Antiquities, with whose general plan and contents we are, comparatively speaking, familiar, since Augustine drew very largely from this source in his " City of God," comprehended a complete account of the mythology and rites of the inhabitants of Italy from the most remote epoch, including a description of the ministers o