About Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder, born Gaius Plinius Secundus, was a Roman author, naturalist, scientist, naval and army commander, and procurator in the early Empire. He was a friend of Emperor Vespasian. His most famous work is the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia, a thirty‑seven‑volume collection covering many subjects about human knowledge and the natural world. In his free time he studied, wrote, and investigated natural and geographic phenomena.
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