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It was after this, then, that all the other sorts came into such very high repute, somewhere about the year of the City 700. CHAP. 18. (16.) THE USES OF THE WILD VINE. WHAT JUICES AEE NATURALLY THE COLDEST OF ALL. IT WAS AFTER THIS THEN THAT ALL THE OTHER SORTS CAME INTO SUCH VERY HIGH REPUTE SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE YEAR OF THE CITY SEVEN HUNDRED CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE USES OF THE WILD VINE WHAT USES ARE NATURALLY THE COLDEST OF ALL
once during the repast : whereas he himself, when he returned from Asia, distributed as a largess among the people more than a hundred thousand eongiaria6 of the same wine. C. Sentius, whom we have seen Praetor, used to say that Chian wine never entered his house until his physician prescribed it to him for the cardiac7 dis- ease. On the other hand, Hortensius left ten thousand casks of it to his heir." Such is the statement made by Varro. (15.) And besides, is it not a well-known fact that Caesar, when Dictator, at the banquet given on the occasion of his triumph, allotted to each table an amphora of Falernian and a cadus of Chian ? On the occasion, too, of his triumph for his victories in Spain, he put before the guests both Chian as well as Falernian ; and again, at the banquet given on his third consulship,8 he gave lalernian, Chian, Lesbian, and Mamer- tine ; indeed, it is generally agreed that this was the first occasion on which four different kinds of wine were served at table.  WHICH GREEK WINE WAS HANDED ROUND MORE THAN ONCE DURING THE REPAST WHEREAS HE HIMSELF WHEN HE RETURNED FROM ASIA DISTRIBUTED AS A LARGESSE AMONG THE PEOPLE MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND CONGIARIA OF THE SAME WINE CENTIUS WHOM WE HAVE SEEN PRAETOR USED TO SAY THAT CAYEN WINE NEVER ENTERED HIS HOUSE UNTIL HIS PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED IT TO HIM FOR THE CARDIAC DISEASE ON THE OTHER HAND HORTENSIUS LEFT TEN THOUSAND CASKS OF IT TO HIS HEIR SUCH IS THE STATEMENT MADE BY VARRO AND BESIDES IS IT NOT A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT CAESAR WHEN DICTATOR AT THE BANQUET GIVEN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS TRIUMPH ALLOTTED TO EACH TABLE AN AMPHER OF FALARNIAN AND A CADUS OF CAYENNE ON THE OCCASION TOO OF HIS TRIUMPH FOR HIS VICTORIES IN SPAIN HE PUT BEFORE THE GUESTS BOTH CAEN AS WELL AS PHILARNIAN AND AGAIN AT THE BANQUET GIVEN ON HIS THIRD CONSULSHIP HE GAVE FELERNIAN CAYEN LESBIAN AND MAMMERTINE INDEED IT IS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF WINE WERE SERVED AT TABLE
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