Apropos of nothing in particular, a sentence from Pliny's Natural History: - "I myself have seen the fleece upon the living animal dyed purple, scarlet, and vi

Apropos of nothing in particular, a sentence from Pliny's Natural History: - "I myself have seen the fleece upon the living animal dyed purple, scarlet, and violet,—a pound and a half of dye being used for each,—just as though they had been produced by Nature in this form, to meet the demands of luxury." https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60230/pg60230-images.html#BOOK_VIII_CHAP_74 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60230/pg60230-images.ht... (Book VIII, Chapter 74)