Cornelius Bocchus

Lucius Cornelius Bocchus was a Lusitanian from Roman Hispania who wrote about natural history. Ancient authors mention his writings, which are otherwise lost. Pliny the Elder provides an excerpt from the chronicle of Cornelius Bocchus and mentions him as one of his sources.Plin HN 37.24.5 http://latin.packhum.org/loc/978/1/2664/620-637

Career

Sources Delporte, Frédéric. Les minéraux : l'histoire de leur commerce

Hofmann, Johann Jacob (1635-1706) Historia da Lingua Portuguesa. Revista Lusitana. vol XXV, N 1-4

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