CHAP. 29.—APPIANUM.
There are also two colours of very inferior quality, which
have been recently discovered. One of these is the green
known as "appianum,"[1] a fair imitation of chrysocolla; just
as though we had not had to mention sufficient of these counterfeits
already. This colour, too, is prepared from a green
chalk, the usual price of it being one sesterce per pound.
1. So called, probably, either from the place where it was made, or
from the person who first discovered it. Some commentators have suggested
that it should be "apian" green, meaning "parsley" colour.