Gaius Julius Solinus, Latin grammarian and compiler, probably flourished during the first half of the 3rd century. He was the author of De mirabilibus mundi ('The wonders of the world') which mostly circulated under the title Collectanea rerum memorabilium ('Collection of Curiosities'), and the work is indeed a description of curiosities in a chorographical framework. The greater part is taken from Pliny's Natural History and the geography of Pomponius Mela. A greatly revised version of his original text was made, perhaps it is now thought by Solinus himself. This version conatins a letter that Solinus wrote as an introduction to the work which gives the work the title Polyhistor ('multi-descriptive'). Both versions of the work circulated widely and eventually Polyhistor was taken for the author's name.