# Naturalis Historia 5.62

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

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62] Sed iure laudetur in litore Aegyptii maris Alexandria, a Magno Alexandro condita in Africae parte ab ostio Canopico XII p. iuxta Mareotim lacum, qui locus antea Rhacotes nominabatur. metatus est eam Dinochares architectus pluribus modis memorabili ingenio,XV p. laxitate insessa ad effigiem Macedonicae chlamydis orbe gyrato laciniosam, dextra laevaque anguloso procursu, iam tum tamen quinta situs parte regiae dicta.

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