[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Principate (31 BCE – 300 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial) › [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) › 6.216 # Naturalis historia 6.216 Naturalis historia 6.216 - **Language:** Latin ### [6.216](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.216) Quinto continentur segmento ab introitu Caspii maris Bactri, Hiberia, Armenia, Mysia, Phrygia, Hellespontus, Troas, Tenedus, Abydos, Scepsis, Ilium, Ida mons, Cyzicum, Lampsacum, Sinope, Amisum, Heraclea in Ponto, Paphlagonia , Lemnus, Imbrus, Thasus, Cassandria, Thessalia, Macedonia, Larisa, Amphipolis, Thessalonice, Pella, Edesus, Beroea, Pharsalia, Carystum, Euboea Boeotum, Chalcis, Delphi, Acarnania, Aetolia, Apollonia, Brundisium, Tarentum , Thurii, Locri, Regium, Lucani, Neapolis, Puteoli, Tuscum mare, Corsica, Baliares, Hispania media. gnomoni septem pedes, umbris sex. magnitudo diei summa horarum aequinoctialium XV. > Under the fifth zone are included, from the entrance to the Caspian Sea, the Bactri, Iberia, Armenia, Mysia, Phrygia, the Hellespont, Troas, Tenedos, Abydos, Scepsis, Ilium, Mount Ida, Cyzicus, Lampsacus, Sinope, Amisus, Heraclea in Pontus, Paphlagonia, Lemnos, Imbros, Thasos, Cassandria, Thessaly, Macedonia, Larissa, Amphipolis, Thessalonica, Pella, Edessa, Berœa, Pharsalia, Carystus, Eubœa in Bœotia, Chalcis, Delphi, Acarnania, Ætolia, Apollonia, Brudisium, Tarentum, Thurii, Locri, Rhegium, the Lucani, Neapolis, Puteoli, the Tuscan Sea, Corsica, the Balearic Islands, and the middle of Spain. A gnomon, seven feet in length, in these countries gives a shadow of six feet, and the length of the day is fifteen equinoctial hours. The sixth division, in which Rome is included, embraces the Caspian nations, Caucasus, the northern parts of Armenia, Apollonia on the Rhyndacus, Nicomedia, Nicæa, Chalcedon, Byzantium, Lysimachia, the Chersonnesus, the Gulf of Melas, Abdera, Samothracia, Maronea, Ænus, Bessica, Thracia, Mædica, Pæonia, the Illyrii, Dyrrhachium, Canusium, the extreme parts of Apulia, Campania, Etruria, Pisæ, Luna, Luca, Genua, Liguria, Antipolis, Massilia, Narbo, Tarraco, the middle parts of Hispania Tarraconensis, and thence through Lusitania. A gnomon of nine feet here throws a shadow eight feet long; the greatest length of the day is fifteen equinoctial hours, plus one-ninth part of an hour, or, according to Nigidius, one-fifth. > — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, The Natural History of Pliny - [Previous: 6.215](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.215) - [Next: 6.217](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.217) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Natural History of Pliny](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder~en-bostock-riley.6.39.5) — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.216](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.216) · Pramāṇa