Natural history. Volume I / Pliny with an english translation by H. Rackham, M.A., fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.
TITLE:
Natural history. Volume I / Pliny with an english translation by H. Rackham, M.A., fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.
Alternate Title:
Natural history. Volume one
Publication Date:
1967, 1938
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. ; Harvard University Press,
Physical Description:
377 p.
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Summary:
Pliny, the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23-79), a Roman of equestrian rank of Transpadane Gaul (N. Italy), was uncle of Pliny the letter writer. He pursued a career partly military in Germany, partly administrative in Gaul and Spain under the emperor Vespasian, and became prefect of the fleet at Misenum. He died in the eruption of Vesuvius when he went to get a closer view and to rescue friends. Tireless worker, reader, and writer, he was author of works now lost; but his great Natural History in 37 books with its vast collection of facts (and alleged facts) survives -- a mine of information despite its uncritical character.
Language:
English
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