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# Naturalis historia 11.111

Naturalis historia 11.111

- **Language:** Latin

### [11.111](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.11.111)

Indicae formicae cornua Erythris in aede Herculis fixa miraculo fuere. aurum hae cavernis egerunt terra in regione septentrionalium Indorum qui Dardae vocantur. ipsis color felium , magnitudo Aegypti luporum. erutum hoc ab iis tempore hiberno Indi furantur aestivo fervore, conditis propter vaporem in cuniculos formicis, quae tamen odore sollicitatae provolant crebroque lacerant quamvis praevelocibus camelis fugientes. tanta pernicitas feritasque est cum amore auri.

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