Epistulae, 10.98.1
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- Type of Thing Ornamented
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century CE See all items with this value
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2nd century CE See all items with this value
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Pliny the Younger See all items with this value
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Epistulae, 10.98.1
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Amastrianorum civitas, domine, et elegans et ornata habet inter praecipua opera pulcherrimam eandemque longissimam plateam
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Adjective See all items with this value
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Location See all items with this value
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Amastris, Paphlagonia
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Architecture: Infrastructure See all items with this value
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Architecture: Building See all items with this value
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Public architecture and infrastructure, amongst which 'exceptional works' the 'most beautiful' is a long street (longissima platea)
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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.
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A00301
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