Pliny the Elder: An Enduring Witness to Natural Grandeur
Pliny the Elder Gaius or Gaius Pliny the Second (Comum, c. 23-Estabia, August 25, 79) was a Ancient Roman writer and soldier from the 1st century, known by the name of Pliny the Elder to differentiate him from his nephew and adoptive son Pliny. the young man. He belonged to the equestrian order and held administrative and financial positions in Gaul and in Hispania. He carried out studies and research on natural, ethnographic and geographical phenomena compiled in his Natural …