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Pliny the Elder

Type Figure Region Rome Time 23–79 Also known as Pliny

Ancient Roman scholar, naturalist, and official, famed for the 37-volume Natural History, systematically recording known natural, geographic, craft, …

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  1. c. 45–79Rome · Roman EmpireHeld financial and administrative posts in Spain, Gaul, and elsewhere, later commanding the Misenum fleet. Alongside official duties he devoted himself to natural history research, broadly collecting and organizing ancient and contemporary knowledge.
  2. c. 77–79Misenum · CampaniaCompleted and published the 37-volume Natural History, covering astronomy, geography, animals and plants, minerals, crafts, and anthropology; the most complete encyclopedic work of ancient Rome, laying an important foundation for later natural history.

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