History pliny the elder biography books
History pliny the elder biography books
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Pliny the Elder
1st-century Roman military commander and writer
Pliny the Elder | |
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Stipple engraving by Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger [de], 1777–1825 | |
| Born | AD 23/24 Novum Comum, Italia, Roman Empire |
| Died | AD 79 (aged 55) Stabiae, Italia, Roman Empire |
| Citizenship | Roman |
| Education | Rhetoric, grammar |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, author, natural philosopher, historian, naturalist, military commander,provincial governor |
| Notable work | Naturalis Historia |
| Children | Pliny the Younger (nephew, later adopted son) |
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Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24–79), known in English as Pliny the Elder (PLIN-ee),[1] was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperorVespasian.
He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), a comprehensive thirty-seven-volume work covering a vast