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Natural History

Pliny the Elder

  • 280 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1469
  • 100 editions
  • Free to read
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Good for readers who want: astronomy, history, nature, and a book they can read free online.

  • Astronomy
  • History
  • Natural history
  • Zoology
  • Art, history
  • Botany
  • Ancient Geography
  • Art

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3 About Pliny the Elder

 

Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 or 24 – 25 August 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( PLIN-ee), was a Roman author, naturalist, scientist, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, procurator, and friend of Emperor Vespasian.

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