gaius plinius caecilius secundus the elder Flashcards
PTE full name
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus the Elder
PTE years
23-79 AD
where was PTE born
comum
who was born in comum
PTE
who wrote a biography of his friend Pomponius Secundus
PTE
who did PTE write a biography about
Pomponius Secundus
who did PTE serve as comrade-in-arms under
Titus
who served as a comrade-in-arms under titus
PTE
who held a series of procuratorships in Gaul, Africa, and Spain
PTE
who was a close friend of vespasian
PTE
who was PTE’s close friend
vespasian
how did PTE die
vesuvius eruption
when was vesuvius eruption
79 AD
who died in the vesuvius eruption
PTE
who wrote nauralis historia
PTE
what is PTE’s greatest surviving work
naturalis historia
how many books is PTE’s naturalis historia
37
who is PTE’s naturalis historia dedicated to
titus
what do each chapter in PTE’s naturalis historia deal with
§ Book 1- table of contents and a list of Latin and Greek authorities
§ Book 2- deals with the physics of the universe and its constituent
elements
§ Books 3 and 4- geography and ethnology of Europe, Asia, and Africa
§ Book 7- the physiology of man
76
§ Books 8-11- zoology (land animals, sea animals, birds, insects)
§ Books 12-19- botany
§ Books 20-27- the medical properties of plants
§ Books 28-32- medicaments derived from animal sources
§ Books 33-37- minerals and metallurgy (uses in medicine and art),
digression in the history of art
