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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

Note 958 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647

John Bostock translation

The proper reading here, as suggested by Sillig, is not improbably “aquatini,” “water-carriers.” That, however, found in the MSS. is “Aquitani;” but those were a people, not of Spain, but of Gaul. Hardouin suggests that “Accitani” may be the correct reading, a people of that name in Spain being mentioned in B. iii. c. 5.

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