When collating authorities I have found that the most professedly reliable and modern writers have copied the old authors word for word, without acknowledgement.

Scito enim conferentum auctores me deprehendisse a iuratissimis et proximis veteres transcriptos ad verbum neque nominatos.

Pliny the Elder

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Topic

Plagiarism

Author

Pliny the Elder

Source

Historia Naturalis

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

77 BC 70s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Scientist Writer

From

Italy Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturalis [Natural History]. 77 AD, dedication.

Current Citation

Pliny the Elder. Natural History: A Selection, translated by John F. Healy. Penguin Classics, 1991, preface.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Citation

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Source
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Statement Type
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Language
Latin
Time
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Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Erasmus. Collectanea Adagiorum. Paris: Enguilbert de Marnef, 1500.

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