Pliny Natural History v07 Bk 24-27 Index of Plants.pdf

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PLINY the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus

(A.D. 23-79), a Roman oi equestrian

rank of Transpadane Gaul (N. ItaK ), was

iincle of Pliny the letter writer. He pur-

sued a career partlv miiitary in Germany,

jiartlv administrative in Gaul and Spain

under the emperor Vespasian, became

prefect of the fleet at Misenum, and 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 nov, lost, but his

S^reat haturaJis Hiswria in 37 books with

its vast collection of facts (and alleged

facts) survives-a mine ot intormation

despite its uncritical character. Book 1 :

table of contents of the cjthers and ol

authorities ; 2 : mathematical and metro-

logical survev ot the universe; 3-6:

geographv and ethnoaraphv of the known

world; 7: anthropolojjv and the phvsio-

logy of man ; 8-1 i

zooloav; 12-19:

agriculture and horticulture

botanv,

20-27 : plantproductsasusedinmedicine;

28-32 medical zoologv; 33-37: minerals

(and medicine), the hne arts and gem-

stones.

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