# Naturalis Historia 5.12

Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book 5. Latin.

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12] quinque sunt, ut diximus, Romanae coloniae in ea provincia, perviumque famae videri potest, sed id plerumque fallacissimum experimento deprehenditur, quia dignitates, si indagare vera pigeat, ignorantiae pudore mentiri non piget, haut alio fidei proniore lapsu quam ubi falsae rei gravis auctor existit. equidem minus miror inconperta quaedam esse equestris ordinis viris, iam vero et senatum inde intrantibus, quam luxuriae, cuius efficacissima vis sentitur atque maxima, cum ebori, citro silvae exquirantur, omnes scipuli Gaetuli muricibus, purpuris.

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