CHAP. 80.—WHO WAS THE FIRST INVENTOR OF PRESERVES FOR
OTHER FISH.
In the same age, also, Licinius Murena [Note] was the first to
form preserves for other fish; and his example was soon followed by the noble families of the Philippi and the Hortensii.
Lucullus had a mountain pierced near Naples, at a greater outlay even, than that which had been expended on his villa;
and here he formed a channel, [Note] and admitted the sea to his
preserves; it was for this reason that Pompeius Magnus gave
him the name of " Xerxes in a toga." [Note] After his death, the fish
in his preserves was sold for the sum of four million sesterces.
