Note 88 — Chapter XII · : Reigns Of Tacitus, Probus, Carus And His Sons.—Part III.
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87 (return) [ They are called Onagri; but the number is too inconsiderable for mere wild asses. Cuper (de Elephantis Exercitat. ii. 7) has proved from Oppian, Dion, and an anonymous Greek, that zebras had been seen at Rome. They were brought from some island of the ocean, perhaps Madagascar.]