Cornelius Bocchus
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Lucius Cornelius Bocchus was a Lusitanian
who wrote about natural history.
Most of his writings were lost, but ancient authors mention his writings. Pliny the elder
writes an excerpt of the Chronicle of Cornelius Bocchus in his work.
Lusitanians
The Lusitanians were an Indo-European people living in the Western Iberian Peninsula long before it became the Roman province of Lusitania . They spoke the Lusitanian language which might have been Celtic. The modern Portuguese people see the Lusitanians as their ancestors...
who wrote about natural history.
Most of his writings were lost, but ancient authors mention his writings. Pliny the elder
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
writes an excerpt of the Chronicle of Cornelius Bocchus in his work.