Pliny the elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic natural history, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of roman knowledge. Gaius plinius secundus 23 ad 25 august 79 ad, better known as pliny the elder, was a roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army. Plinius secundus nouocomensis equestribus militiis industrie functus. The digital loeb classical library extends the founding mission of james loeb with an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing virtual library of all that is important in greek and latin literature. Next to these came his three books entitled the student11, divided. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Natural history publisher london printed for the club by g. The natural history of pliny volume 3 digital collections. Selections from the history of the world, commonly called the natural history of c.
The only translation of plinys natural history which has hitherto appeared in the english. The natural history of pliny, volume 3 of 6 by the elder pliny. Read more about the sites features pliny the elder 2379 ce, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic natural history, in 37 books, an unrivaled. Links to translation of pliny the elder, natural history, by h. Plinys is an organic work, as shakespeares crowded. The guinness is a compilation of isolated and insipid facts.
Pliny the elder pliny, the elder the online books page. The works subject area is thus not limited to what is today understood by natural history. Pliny the elder simple english wikipedia, the free. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. Pliny himself defines his scope as the natural world, or life.
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