pliny

     

Pliny may refer to:

Trivia about pliny

  • Much of our knowledge of ancient science comes from a 37-book work by this naturalist, The Elder
  • This "Younger" orator & letter writer whose "Elder" was killed by Vesuvius was governor of Bithynia
  • This "elder" Roman encyclopedist referred to thyme as a fumigant
  • This Roman naturalist "the Elder" died in 79 A.D. while investigating the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
  • This Roman writer the Elder supposedly said that eating mustard would turn a lazy woman into an ideal wife
  • The most violent volcanic eruptions are classified under the name of this "Elder" Roman naturalist
  • A 79 A.D. letter about the death of this "Elder" scientist had the first accurate description of a volcanic eruption
  • Hey, "the Elder"! It's your nephew "the Younger" here, what did you think of my "Letters" to Emperor Trajan?
  • While governor of Bithynia, this man the Younger corresponded with Trajan regarding the treatment of Christians there

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