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Definition of Gaius Plinius Secundus
1. Noun. Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79).
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Literary usage of Gaius Plinius Secundus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Gaius Plinius Secundus. 23— 79 AD Author of the 'Historia Naturalis,' an encyclopedic
work in 37 books, still extant. SILIUS ITALICUS. c. 25—c. ..."
2. ...A History of Roman Literature by Harold North Fowler (1903)
"Lucius Annaeus Seneca (the son)^ Tiberius. The father of Statius. Agrippina.
Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the elder). ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"Plin'y (GAius PLINIUS SECUNDUS), commonly called Pliny the Elder, Roman author: b.
Novum Comum 23 AD ; d. ..."
4. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"Pliny the Elder, whose name in Latin is written Gaius Plinius Secundus, was born
in AD 23 and died in 79, during the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius. ..."
5. Star-names and Their Meanings by Richard Hinckley Allen (1899)
"Pliny, The Elder, or Gaius Plinius Secundus (23-79 A> '*-)' Human encyclopaedic
writer, 10, 170. Plutarch (circa 50-120), Greek biographer, 26, 268. ..."
6. Dissertations: On the Mechanics of Effervescence and Fermentation and on the by Jean Bernoulli, Troels Kardel (1997)
"E XIV, XVI, XVH, M 2 PLINY, Gaius Plinius secundus, 23-79. Roman naturalist.
E VD STENSEN Niels, 1638-1686. Danish anatomist and geologist. ..."
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