| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 30.2 | Plin. Nat. 30.3 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 30.4 |
It is clear that there are early traces still existing of the
introduction of magic into Italy; in our laws of the Twelve Tables for instance; besides other convincing proofs, which I have already noticed in a preceding Book. [Note] At last, in the year of the City 657, Cneius Cornelius Lentulus and P. Licinius Crassus being consuls, a decree forbidding human sacrifices [Note] was passed by the senate; from which period the celebration of these horrid rites ceased in public, and, for some [Note] time, altogether.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 30.2 | Plin. Nat. 30.3 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 30.4 |
