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AT WHAT PERIOD FOUR KINDS OF WINE WERE FIRST SERVED AT TABLE. AT WHAT PERIOD FOUR KINDS OF WINE WERE FIRST SERVED AT TABLE
live to the blessings she enjoyed. Still, however, the several varieties that are now so celebrated were not so in those days ; and hence it is that all the wines that were grown at that period have only the one general name of " Opimian" wines, from the then consul Opimius. So, too, for a long time after- wards, and, indeed, so late as the times of our grandfathers, the wines from beyond sea were held in the highest esteem, even though Falernian was already known, a fact which we learn from the line of the Comic writer,4 " I shall draw five cups of Thasian and two of Falernian." P. Licinius Crassus, and L. Julius Caesar, who were Cen- sors in the year from the Building of the City 665, issued an edict forbidding the sale of either Greek or Aminean wine at a higher price than eight asses the quadrantal5 — for such, in fact, are the exact words of the edict. Indeed, the Greek wines were so highly valued, that not more than a single cup was served to a guest during the repast. CHAP. 17.  EE ITALY BEING ALREADY ALIVE TO THE BLESSINGS SHE ENJOYED STILL HOWEVER THE SEVERAL VARIETIES THAT ARE NOW SO CELEBRATED WERE NOT SO IN THOSE DAYS AND HENCE IT IS THAT ALL THE WINES THAT WERE GROWN AT THAT PERIOD HAVE ONLY THE ONE GENERAL NAME OF OPAMEAN WINES FROM THE THEN CONSUL OPAMIUS SO TOO FOR A LONG TIME AFTERWARD AND INDEED SO LATE AS THE TIMES OF OUR GRANDFATHERS THE WINES FROM BEYOND SEA WERE HELD IN THE HIGHEST ESTEEM EVEN THOUGH PHILENIAN WAS ALREADY KNOWN A FACT WHICH WE LEARN FROM THE LINE OF THE COMMECRATOR I SHALL DRAW FIVE CUPS OF THUSSIAN AND TWO OF FELERNIAN P LASINIUS CRASUS AND L JULIUS CAESAR WHO WERE CENSERS IN THE YEAR FROM THE BUILDING OF THE CITY SIX SIXTY FIVE ISSUED IN EDICT FORBIDDING THE SALE OF EITHER GREEK OR ARMINIAN WINE AT A HIGHER PRICE THAN EIGHT ASSES THE QUADRANTAL FOR SUCH IN FACT ARE THE EXACT WORDS OF THE EDICT INDEED THE GREEK WINES WERE SO HIGHLY VALUED THAT NOT MORE THAN A SINGLE CUP WAS SERVED TO A GUEST DURING THE REPAST CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 
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