Gaius Julius Solinus

It contains a short description of the ancient world, with remarks on historical, social, religious, and natural history questions.

[2] According to Mommsen, Solinus also relied upon a chronicle (possibly by Cornelius Bocchus) and a chorographia Pliniana, an epitome of Pliny's work with additions made about the time of Hadrian.

[citation needed] Both versions of the work circulated widely and eventually Polyhistor was taken for the author's name.

[2] The commentary by Saumaise in his Plinianae Exercitationes (1689) was considered indispensable; the 1895 edition by Mommsen includes a valuable introduction on the manuscripts, the authorities used by Solinus, and subsequent compilers.

See also Teuffel, History of Roman Literature (English translation, 1900), 389; and Schanz, Geschichte der Römischen Litteratur (1904), iv.