Natural History: Bks.XXVIII-XXXII v. 8 (Loeb Classical Library)

by Pliny (Author)

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  1989

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  Pliny the Elder (23 79 CE) produced in his Natural History a vast compendium of Roman knowledge. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the universe; world geography and ethnography; human anthropology and physiology; zoology; botany, agriculture, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.