Note 2926 — BOOK XXXVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES.
John Bostock translation
“Ante hos annos.” Sillig is of opinion that the reading here should be “L. Annius,” and that L. Annius Bassus, who was Consul suffectus in the year 70 A.D., is the person referred to; or possibly, T. Arrius Antoninus, who was Consul suffectus, A.D. 69.