[1106] σοφιστάς.
[1107] χαλεπώτατον.
[1108] He was in command of the fleet at Misenum in 79 AD when the great eruption of Vesuvius took place. He persisted in approaching it, and met his death. The family belonged to the colony of Novum Comum in Transpadane Gaul, now part of Italy.
[1109] NH XVIII 1-5.
[1110] NH XVIII 7, 18, 20.
[1111] NH XVIII 19, 21, 36.
[1112] NH XVIII 35.
[1113] NH XVIII 27-8.
[1114] NH XVIII 32.
[1115] NH XVIII 35.