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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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

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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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Genre
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Current Citation

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