NOUN
- Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
How To Use Pliny the Elder In A Sentence
- Gaius Plinius Secondus, called Pliny the Elder to distinguish him from his nephew, known as Pliny the Younger, was born in 23 CE in Como (Northern Italy).
- In other accounts, Pliny the Elder wrote that Persian women massaged their faces with yogurt to prevent wrinkles.
- Back in the first century, AD, Pliny the Elder, a great Roman scholar, collected descriptions of creatures who lived at the very edge of the known world.
- And if you happen to need a jolt to your beach-softened brain this summer, according to the great Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder, mint exhilarates and awakens the mind. We All Need a Hint of Mint
- First mentioned by Pliny the Elder, Chioggia developed as a fishing and lacemaking town and is today connected by a causeway to the Italian mainland.
- He was the nephew of Pliny the Elder a known encyclopedist. Archive 2009-05-01
- Roman consul and writer, the nephew of Pliny the Elder. His letters provide valuable information about Roman life.
- They were not just priests, as is a common misconception, but would have fallen into the class of bards, judges, teachers, etc … According to the Roman, Pliny the Elder, the Druids believed in animism (the belief that animals have souls) and reincarnation. Five Things You Might Not Know About Summer Solstice | myFiveBest
- In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
- Pliny the Elder was clearly terrified of it, stating, "The amphisbaena has a twin head, that is one at the tail-end as well, as though it were not enough for poison to be poured out of one mouth. Archive 2007-10-01