摘要：The study examines the attempts to identify the settlement of the Orobi tribe, called Licini
Forum in a passage of Pliny’s Naturalis Historia, based on a lost text by Cato. The opinions of
the scholars, since Sixteenth century up to contemporary age, are summarized. Finally, a new
interpretation is proposed, founded on the assumption of an error in the manuscript tradition
between Cato and Plinius. The dynamics emerging from this case study are common in several
areas of scientific knowledge.
