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PLINY the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus 

 (A.D. 23-79), a Roman oi equestrian 

 rank of Transpadane Gaul (N. ItaK ), was 

 iincle of Pliny the letter writer. He pur- 

 sued a career partlv miiitary in Germany, 

 jiartlv administrative in Gaul and Spain 

 under the emperor Vespasian, became 

 prefect of the fleet at Misenum, and died 

 in the eruption of Vesuvius when he went 

 to get a closer view and to rescue friends. 

 Tireless worker, reader, and writer, he 

 was author of works nov, lost, but his 

 S^reat haturaJis Hiswria in 37 books with 

 its vast collection of facts (and alleged 

 facts) survives-a mine ot intormation 

 despite its uncritical character. Book 1 : 

 table of contents of the cjthers and ol 

 authorities ; 2 : mathematical and metro- 

 logical survev ot the universe; 3-6: 

 geographv and ethnoaraphv of the known 

 world; 7: anthropolojjv and the phvsio- 

 logy of man ; 8-1 i : zooloav; 12-19: 

 botanv, agriculture and horticulture ; 

 20-27 : plantproductsasusedinmedicine; 

 28-32 medical zoologv; 33-37: minerals 

 (and medicine), the hne arts and gem- 

 stones. 



