I would be interested in the evidence that my "noble Romans" did read for themselves in the way that scholars like Pliny (and Cicero and Caesar) obviously did, and schoolboys. I am still unpacking my books from moving into retirement and can't find the recent CQs. Perhaps I will find the evidence there when I get back to a library. The dearly beloved new Bibliotheque nationale de France was on strike last time I tried, because neither readers nor staff can operate the fancy new electronics without messing them up. No doubt time and patience will cure all. Robert Dyer
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