Pliny the Elder - Wikipedia Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (Como, 23 or 24 – Stabiae, 25 August 79), [1] known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ˈplɪni PLIN-ee), [2][3] was a Roman author, naturalist, scientist, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, procurator, and friend of the emperor Vespasian
Pliny the Elder | Biography, Natural History, Facts . . . Pliny the Elder, Roman savant and author of the celebrated Natural History, an encyclopedic work of uneven accuracy that was an authority on scientific matters up to the Middle Ages
Pliny the Elder - Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Elder was a Roman naturalist, scholar, historian and author In his writings he refers to “Lupus Salictarius”, meaning “wolf among scrubs”, likely an early reference to hop vines growing wild among willows
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Pliny the Elder - Biography, Facts and Pictures Pliny attempted to document all known facts about the natural world He claimed to have recorded 20,000 pieces of information, although modern scholars say he underestimated his own output
Pliny the Elder - World History Encyclopedia Historians, as well as his nephew and adopted son Pliny the Younger, depict Pliny as being an eccentric, a workaholic who dreaded wasting time, often writing late into the night He devoted his life to his writing, never marrying nor having children
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Natural History of Pliny . . . Though Pliny was on intimate terms also with Titus, to whom he dedicated his Natural History, there is little ground for the assertion, sometimes made, that he served under him in the Jewish wars His account of Palestine clearly shows that he had never visited that country
The Numinous World of Pliny the Elder - JSTOR Daily As with many writers from both his time and ours, the sense Pliny most often appeals to is sight, urging his readers to visualize the amazing creatures and exotic civilizations found as far away as India and Ethiopia
The Tragic Death of Pliny the Elder and Pompeii’s Final Days Pliny the Elder became an unexpected Roman hero during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius Read on to discover more about this devastating natural disaster that destroyed the town of Pompeii