Itaque cum et alii multi tum etiam Faberius scriba, cum in Aventino voluisset habere domum eleganter expolitam, peristyliis parietes omnes induxit minio, qui post dies xxx facti sunt invenusto varioque colore.
Among the many instances of this is the case of the public official Faberius. He wished to have his palace on the Aventine elegantly finished, and had all the walls of the peristyle covered with vermilion. In a month the walls turned to an unpleasant and uneven colour;
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