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Excerpt from C. Plinii Cæcilii Secundi Epistolæ Et Panegyricus C. Plinîm Pornpeia: Celcrina, Sacrai, S. Quantum wpiamm Ocrìcnlano, in Naruiensi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the origina...

Excerpt from Histoire Naturelle de Pline, Vol. 13 I. Examinons maintenant l'oeuvre la plus étonnante de la nature présentons à l'homme ses alimens, et for çons-le d'avouer qu'il ne connaît rien de ce qui le fait vivre. Ce sujet ne paraît ni mesquin, ni frivole, quand on ne se laisse point abuser par la trivialité des expressions. Il s'agit en effet de la paii ou de la guerre entre les diffé rentes parties de la nature, de la haine oulde l'ami...

Excerpt from C. Plinii Secundi Librorum Dubii Sermonis VIII ReliquiaeOperae pretium est quam brevissime historiam gramma ticae antiquae percurrere ut ea quae sequuntur non solum harum rerum peritis sed etiam iis, qui haec studia primis digitis attigenmt, probabiliora videantur.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an import...

Excerpt from C. Plini Secundi Naturalis Historiae Libri XXXVII, Vol. 1 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare...

The Letters of Pliny the Consul - With Occasional Remarks Edition 9, Vol. I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1796. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available...

The Letters of Pliny the Consul - With Occasional Remarks. Edition 9, Vol. II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1796. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are availab...

This selection of Pliny's letters is designed to be used with A Level classes. The commentary helps students who have no special knowledge of the social and political history of the Roman empire. The selection provides a wide illustration of the private, public, and literary life of the capital of the Roman empire in the early second century A.D. Includes vocabulary and notes.

Excerpt from The Letters of Pliny the Younger, Vol. 2: With Observations on Each Letter We learn-from this epi¿le, that tyro was the intimate {friend of pliny. F But, in what part of Picmum the houfe nf Time. Ms fituated, is not mentioned. Picenum is a in e (1% of Italy, beyond the lpmnirm. It is thus de fcrtbetl by.strabo. Regio Italie, tram lpmninum, ab ip/is M6! (jam: ad mar: ldrlaticum extenfa, inter (efvin (t Wiwfium'o: {'a region of Ita...

Excerpt from Histoire Naturelle de Pline, Vol. 3: Traduction Nouvelle Aquarumque, et siderum, ac ratione universitatis, atque mensura. Nunc de partibus quamquam infinitum id quoque existimatur, nec temere sine aliqua reprehen sione tractatum, haud ullo in genere venia justior'e, si modo minime mirum est hominem genitum non omnia humana novisse. Quapropter auctorem neminem unum sequar, sed ut quemque verissimum in quaque parte arbitrabor quoni...

Excerpt from C. Plinii Secundi Historiæ Naturalis Libri XXXVII, Vol. 2 II. 2. Formam ejus in speciem orbis absoluti globa tam esse, nomen in primis et consensus in eo mortalium, orhem appellantium, sed et argumenta rerum, docent non solum quia talis figura omnibus sui partibus vergit. In sese, ac sibi ipsa toleranda est seque includit et. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find mor...

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Translated by P.G. Walsh.

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The first modern commentary on Pliny the Younger for both students and scholars.

The Younger Pliny was born in AD 61 or 62, the son of Lucius Caecilius of Comum (Como) and the Elder Pliny's sister. He was educated at home and then in Rome under Quintilian. He was at Misenum at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 (described in two famous letters) when the Elder Pliny died. Pliny started his career at the Roman bar at the age of eighteen. He moved through the regular offices in a senator's career, held two treasury ap...

Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic "Natural History, " in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. The contents of the books are as follows. Book 1: table of contents of the others and of authorities, 2: mathematical and metrological survey of the universe, 3-6: geography and ethnography of the known world, 7: anthropology and the physiology of man, 8-11: zoology, 12-19: botany, agricul...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...