Pliny, the Elder
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Proxime
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indicari debent metalla
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ferri.
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optumo pessimoque vitae instrumento
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est,
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siquidem hoc tellurem scindimus, arbores serimus
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, arbusta tondemus
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, vites squalore deciso annis omnibus cogimus invenescere, hoc exstruimus tecta, caedimus saxa, omnesque
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ad alios
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usus ferro utimur, sed eodem ad bella, caedes
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, latrocinia, non comminus solum, sed etiam missili volucrique, nunc tormentis excusso
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, nunc lacertis, nunc vero pinnato
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, quam sceleratissimam humani ingenii fraudem arbitror, siquidem, ut ocius mors perveniret ad hominem, alitem illam fecimus pinnasque
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ferro dedimus
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quam ob rem culpa
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eius non naturae fiat accepta. aliquot
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experimentis probatum est posse innocens esse ferrum. in foedere, quod expulsis regibus populo Romano dedit Porsina
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, nominatim comprehensum invenimus, ne ferro nisi in
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agri cultu
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uteretur. et tum
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stilo
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osseo
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scribere institutum
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vetustissimi auctores prodiderunt. Magni Pompei in tertio consulatu
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extat edictum
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in tumultu necis Clodianae
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prohibentis ullum telum esse in urbe.
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et ars antiqua
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ipsa non defuit
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honorem mitiorem habere ferro quoque . Aristonidas artifex
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, cum exprimere vellet Athamantis
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furorem Learcho filio praecipitato residentem
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paenitentia
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aes
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ferrumque miscuit, ut robigine
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eius per nitorem aeris relucente
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exprimeretur
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verecundiae rubor. hoc signum exstat
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hodie Rhodi
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est in eadem urbe et ferreus Hercules , quem fecit Alcon laborum dei patientia inductus. videmus et Romae seyphos e ferro dicatos in templo Martis Ultoris. obstitit eadem naturae
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benignitas exigentis
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ab
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ferro ipso poenas
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robigine eademque providentia nihil in rebus mortalius
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facientis
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quam
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quod esset
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infestissimum mortalitati.
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Ferri metalla
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ubique propemodum
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reperiuntur, quippe etiam insula Italiae Ilva
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gignente, minimaque difficultate adgnoscuntur
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colore ipso terrae manifesto
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. ratio
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eadem excoquendis
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venis; in Cappadocia tantum quaestio est, aquae
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an terrae
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fiat
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acceptum, quoniam perfusa Cer
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fluvio terra neque aliter ferrum e
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fornacibus reddit. differentia ferri numerosa
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prima in genere
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terrae caelive
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: aliae molle tantum plumboque vicinum
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subministrant, aliae fragile et aerosum rotarumque usibus et clavis maxime fugiendum, cui prior ratio convenit; aliud brevitate sola placet clavisque caligariis
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, aliud robiginem
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celerius sentit
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stricturae vocantur hae
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omnes, quod non in aliis metallis, a
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stringenda acie vocabulo inposito.
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et fornacium magna
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differentia est, nucleusque quidam
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ferri excoquitur in iis
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ad indurandam aciem, alioque
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modo ad densandas incudes malleorumve
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rostra. summa autem differentia in aqua, cui subinde candens inmergitur. haec alibi
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atque
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alibi
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utilior nobilitavit loca gloria ferri, sicuti Bilbilim
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in Hispania et Turiassonem
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, Comum in Italia, cum ferraria metalla in iis
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locis non sint
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ex omnibus autem generibus
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palma
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Serico ferro
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est; Seres hoc cum vestibus suis pellibusque mittunt; secunda Parthico.- neque alia genera ferri ex mera
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acie
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tenmperantur, ceteris enim admiscetur mollior complexus. in
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nostro orbe aliubi
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vena bonitatem hanc
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praestat, ut in Noricis, aliubi factura, ut Sulmone, aqua ubi
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diximus, quippe
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cum
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exacuendo oleariae
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cotes
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aquariaeque differant et oleo delicatior fiat acies.
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mirumque , cum excoquatur vena
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, aquae modo liquari ferrum, postea in spongeas
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frangi. tenuiora ferramenta oleo restingui mos est, ne aqua in fragilitatem durentur. a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur, contactum
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namque eo celerius
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robiginem trahit.
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De magnete lapide suo loco dicemus concordiaque , quam cum ferro habet. sola haec materia virus
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ab eo lapide accipit retinetque longo tempore, aliud
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adprehendens ferrum, ut anulorum
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catena spectetur interdum . quod volgus imperitum appellat ferrum vivum, vulneraque talia
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asperiora fiunt.
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hic
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lapis et in Cantabria
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nascitur, non ut
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ille magnes verus caute continua, sed sparsa bulbatione
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—ita appellant
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—, nescio an vitro
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fundendo perinde utilis, nondum enim expertus est quisquam
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; ferrum
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utique inficit eadem
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lapide
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architectus
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Timochares
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Alexandriae
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Arsinoes templum concamarare incohaverat
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, ut in eo
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simulacrum e ferro pendere in aēre
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videretur. intercessit ipsius mors et Ptolemaei
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regis
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, qui id sorori
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suae iusserat fieri.
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Metallorum
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omnium vena ferri largissima est Cantabriae
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. maritima
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parte, qua
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oceanus adluit
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, mons praealtus
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- incredibile dictu—totus ex ea materia
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est, ut in am- (?)bitu oceani diximus.
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