gaius plinius caecilius secundus the elder Flashcards

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PTE full name

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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus the Elder

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PTE years

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23-79 AD

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where was PTE born

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comum

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who was born in comum

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PTE

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5
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who wrote a biography of his friend Pomponius Secundus

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PTE

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who did PTE write a biography about

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Pomponius Secundus

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who did PTE serve as comrade-in-arms under

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Titus

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who served as a comrade-in-arms under titus

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PTE

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9
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who held a series of procuratorships in Gaul, Africa, and Spain

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PTE

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who was a close friend of vespasian

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PTE

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who was PTE’s close friend

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vespasian

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how did PTE die

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vesuvius eruption

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when was vesuvius eruption

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79 AD

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14
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who died in the vesuvius eruption

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PTE

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15
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who wrote nauralis historia

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PTE

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16
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what is PTE’s greatest surviving work

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naturalis historia

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how many books is PTE’s naturalis historia

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37

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who is PTE’s naturalis historia dedicated to

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titus

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what do each chapter in PTE’s naturalis historia deal with

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Β§ Book 1- table of contents and a list of Latin and Greek authorities
Β§ Book 2- deals with the physics of the universe and its constituent
elements
Β§ Books 3 and 4- geography and ethnology of Europe, Asia, and Africa
Β§ Book 7- the physiology of man
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Β§ Books 8-11- zoology (land animals, sea animals, birds, insects)
Β§ Books 12-19- botany
Β§ Books 20-27- the medical properties of plants
Β§ Books 28-32- medicaments derived from animal sources
Β§ Books 33-37- minerals and metallurgy (uses in medicine and art),
digression in the history of art