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5 November 2022
Pliny the Elder left a message that the former consul Titus Petronius had a cup made of fluorite , an extremely valuable mineral for which he paid 300,000 sestertii . Before committing suicide , he smashed the vessel, not wanting the precious item to end up in the hands of a greedy ruler Nero .
Footnotes
Titus Petronius and Gaius Petronius are probably the same person.
Sources
Pliny the Elder, Natural History , XXXVII, VII
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