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The next point upon which all nations appear to have agreed, was the employment of barbers. [Note] The Romans, however, were more tardy in the adoption of their services. According to Varro, they were introduced into Italy from
Sicily, in the year of Rome 454, [Note] having been brought over by P. Titinius Mena: before which time the Romans did not cut the hair. The younger Africanus [Note] was the first who adopted the custom of shaving every day. The late Emperor Augustus always made use of razors. [Note]
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 7.58 | Plin. Nat. 7.59 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 7.60 |
