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A day in the life of pliny the elder GCSE set text

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ante lucem ibat ad Vespasianum imperatorem (nam ille quoque noctibus utebatur), deinde ad officium sibi delegatum.
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ante lucem ibat ad Vespasianum imperatorem (nam ille quoque noctibus utebatur), deinde ad officium sibi delegatum.
Before dawn he used to go to the emperor Vespasian (for he also used to make use of the nights), then he went to the official duty assigned to him
reversus domum reliquum tempus studiis dabat.
having returned home he used to give the remaining time to studies
saepe post cibum (qui veterum more interdiu levi et facilis erat aestate, si quid otii erat
often after a meal (which as per the custom of his forefathers was light and simple) in the summer, if there was any time for leisure,
iacebat in sole, liber legebatur, adnotabat excerpebatque. nihil enim legit quod non excerperet.
he used to lie in the sun, a book was read aloud, on which educated slaves would take notes and make extracts. for he read nothing from which he did not make extracts
dicere etiam solebat nullum librum esse tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset.
he was also accustomed to say that no book was so bad that it was of no use in any part