CHAPTER V.
[1] Suetonius calls him Novocomensis. He himself speaks of Catullus as his own conterraneus, from which it has been inferred by some that he was born at Verona (N. H. Praef.). His full name is C. Plinius Secundus.
[2] Dubii Sermonis, sometimes named De Difficilibus Linguae Latinae.
[3] De Iaculatione Equestri.
[4] Ep. vi. 16.
[5] Plin. vi. 20.
[6] Ib. iii. 5.
[7] Plin. N. H. ii. 1.
[8] Some have supposed that he lived much later, till 118 A.D., but this is improbable.
[9] Referred to in the proemium to Book VI. Some have thought it the work we possess, and which is usually ascribed to Tacitus, but without reason.
[10] De Institutione Oratoria.
[11] See Appendix.
[12] Plin. vi. 32.
[13] Juv. iv. 75.
[14] Juv. vii. 186. Pliny gave him £400 towards his daughter's dowry, a proof that, though he might be well off, he could not be considered rich.
[15] Mr. Parker told the writer that it was impossible to overrate the accuracy of Frontinus, and his extraordinary clearness of description, which he had found an invaluable guide in many laborious and minute investigations on the water-supply of ancient Rome.
[16] He is named by St Aug. De Util. Cred. 17.