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Thanks to a new reading of the text, the passage from Pliny the Elder (Nat. XXIX 7-8) confirms some data about the physician of the emperor Claudius Stertinius Xenophon which so far has been only object of conjectures.

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  • Thanks to a new reading of the text, the passage from Pliny the Elder (Nat. XXIX 7-8) confirms some data about the physician of the emperor Claudius Stertinius Xenophon which so far has been only object of conjectures.

  • El pasaje de Plinio el Viejo (Nat. XXIX 7-8) permite a través de una nueva fijación del texto comprobar noticias sobre el médico del emperador Claudio Stertinius Xenophon hasta ahora sólo supuestas.

  • En lo que concierne a la hipótesis de identificación del personaje citado por Plinio el Viejo, se basan en la evidente discordancia que presenta el praenomen transmitido en el texto comúnmente aceptado, Quinto, con el de Gayo Estertinio Jenofonte, cuestión para la cual resulta indispensable recurrir al aparato crítico del texto con el fin de verificar la solidez y fiabilidad de la lectura.

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Thanks to a new reading of the text, the passage from Pliny the Elder (Nat. XXIX 7-8) confirms some data about the physician of the emperor Claudius Stertinius Xenophon which so far has been only object of conjectures. El pasaje de Plinio el Viejo (Nat. XXIX 7-8) permite a través de una nueva fijación del texto comprobar noticias sobre el médico del emperador Claudio Stertinius Xenophon hasta ahora sólo supuestas.

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