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Octavius Avitus

Name: Pliny the Younger Entire
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Author: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus

also: Octavius Avitus

Legate of the proconsul of Africa who poured perfume on the tame dolphin of Hippo (9.33).

Reading notes

The Letters §9.33.9 Octavius Avitus
Legate of the proconsul of Africa whose misguided act of pouring perfume on the dolphin drove it away.

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