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[5] piscibus, an ranis frequens habeat vivarium. Ac tamen iisdem temporibus, quibus hanc memorabat Varro luxuriem, maxime laudabatur severitas Catonis, qui nihilo minus et ipse tutor Luculli grandi aere 1 2 3 4 5 [p. 404] sestertium6milium quadringentorum piscinas pupilli sui venditabat. Iam enim celebres erant deliciae popinales, cum ad mare deferrentur 7vivaria, quorum studiosissimi, velut ante devictarum gentium Numantinus et Isauricus, ita Sergius Orata, et Licinius Muraena captorum piscium laetabantur vocabulis.
1 ut edd.: et ac: om. SA.
2 avorum ac: quorum SA.
3 luxuriosi scripsi: luxuriose SAa: luxuriosissime c.
4 nebulus ac: nebullus SA.
5 minthon ac: mintho SA. a The Lago di Piedi di Luco in Umbria. b The Lago Braeciano about 35 miles N.W. of Rome. c The Lago di Bolseno about 70 miles N.W. of Rome. d The Lago di Vico near Viturbo about 45 miles N.W. of Rome.
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 2. E.S. Forster. Edward H. Heffner. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1954. Keyboarding.
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