03-20-2016, 02:38 AM
Pliny the Elder Natural History (Book 7 Chapter 29 and Book 22 Chapter 4) also discusses the military career of L. Siccius Dentatus, so how could Dentatus be an invention of Dionysius? Is there evidence that Pliny was using Dionysius as his source? Could it be that both writers were using the same source and Dentatus did exist?