Fuentes para el estudio del termalismo minero-medicinal en la Antigüedad

Cicero Att. 16.10

Way of Transmission
Literature
Datation
61 BCE
Language
Latin
Género literario
Epistolografía
Canonical Reference
Cic. Att. 14.10
Thermal Terms
aquae calidae
Thermal Spa Related
Baiae

Surgit pulchellus puer, obicit mihi me ad Baias fuisse. falsum, sed tamen ‘quid? hoc simile est’ inquam ‘quasi in operto dicas fuisse?’ ‘quid’ inquit «homini Arpinati cum aquis calidis?» ‘narra’ inquam ‘patrono tuo, qui Arpinatis aquas concupivit’ (nosti enim Marianas).

Commentary

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