Epistulae, 10.98.1

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Pliny the Younger
Reference
Epistulae, 10.98.1
Quotation
Amastrianorum civitas, domine, et elegans et ornata habet inter praecipua opera pulcherrimam eandemque longissimam plateam
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Amastris, Paphlagonia
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Infrastructure
Architecture: Building
Medium/a Ornamenting
Public architecture and infrastructure, amongst which 'exceptional works' the 'most beautiful' is a long street (longissima platea)
Notes
Loeb translates this as 'well laid out'. In the context of this extended visual usage, it is very unlikely that a more explicit idea of visual beauty is not primarily meant.
Item Identifier
A00301
Determination
Derived directly from text