Natural History, Volume VIII: Books 28-32 [Latin]

(Part of the Loeb Classical Library edition of Natural History Series)

by Pliny the Elder

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An unrivaled compendium of ancient Roman knowledge.

Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23-79), a Roman of equestrian rank of Transpadane Gaul (N. Italy), was uncle of Pliny the letter writer. He pursued a career partly military in Germany, partly administrative in Gaul and Spain under the emperor Vespasian, and became prefect of the fleet at Misenum. He died in the eruption of Vesuvius when he went to get a closer view and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:Latin

ISBN:0674994604

ISBN13:9780674994607

Release Date:January 1963

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:608 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 4.5" x 6.7"

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Natural History, Volume VIII: Books 28-32 [Latin]

(Part of the Loeb Classical Library edition of Natural History Series)

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