The History, 22.15.29

Ammian  translated by C. D. Yonge

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29And their shape received this name from the geometricians because they rise in a cone like fire (πῦρ). And huge as they are, as they taper off gradually, they throw no shadow, in accordance with a principle of mechanics.

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