Pliny
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Pliny's letters provide an insight into Roman life in the period 97 to 112 AD. They cover a wide range of topics, from the contemporary political scene to domestic affairs, the education system, the rituals and conduct of Roman religion, the treatment of slaves, and the phenomena of nature.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Pliny's 'Natural History' describes the natural world as it was understood in the 1st century. Ranging from astronomy to art & from geography to zoology, it is the product both of acute observation & considerable speculation. The introduction discusses Pliny's sources.
Author
Series
Thomlinson Library volume 1508-1512
Publisher
apud Franciscum Muguet
Pub. Date
1635
Language
English
Author
Series
Thomlinson Library volume 3669-3670
Publisher
printed for R. Dodsley at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall, and sold by W. Thurlbourn in Cambridge
Pub. Date
1747
Language
English