Pliny the Elder
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| Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus | |
|---|---|
 Pliny the Elder: an imaginative 19t-century portrait. No contemporary depiction o Pliny is kent tae survive. | |
| Born |
AD 23 Comum (Como), Italy, Roman Empire |
| Died |
August 25, 79 (aged 55–56) Stabiae, Campanie, Roman Empire |
Cause o daith | Died in the eruption that destroyed Pompeii |
Body discovered | Bi friends, unner the pumice |
| Residence | Roum, provincial locations, Misenum |
| Citizenship | Roman |
| Eddication | Rhetoric, grammar |
| Thrift | Lawyer, author, naitural filosopher, militar commander, provincial govrenor |
| Notable wirk(s) | Naturalis Historia |
| Hauf-marrae(s) | None |
| Childer | None |
| Parents | Celer an Marcella |
| Relatives | Sister (Plinia), nephew (Pliny the Younger) |
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23 – August 25, AD 79), better kent as Pliny the Elder, wis a Roman author, naituralist, an naitural filosopher, as well as naval an army commander o the early Roman Empire, an personal friend o the emperor Vespasian.
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- 23 births
- 79 daiths
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- Clessical geografie
- Clessical Laitin leeteratur
- Daiths in volcanic eruptions
- Roman-era filosofers
- Fowk frae Como
- Filosofers o Roman Italy
- Pre-Linnaean botanists
- Siller Age Laitin writers
- Roman-era geografers
