Aquitani stantes noctibus diebusque…Pline le Naturaliste (Hist. Nat., 33, 97) et l'épuisement de l'eau dans les mines d'Hispanie

Underneath its easy surface, Pliny the Elder’s text quoted in the title contains an indication which begs reflection : the Aquitani who in the mines, of the Iberian peninsula worked at pumping out the water from the mines did it standing (Aquitani stantes). Does not Pliny think here of the position...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Claude Domergue
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2010-05-01
Series:Pallas
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/13004