Pliny

In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius .

You asked me to write you something about the death of my uncle Pliny, who died in an unforgettable disaster.

Pliny says that there is no more excellent protection against illness than the castoff horseshoe found in the road.

Pliny wrote about an extremely terrible volcanic eruption that he had witnessed as a young man.

These included early writings of Pliny, Philo and Josephus among others allowing comparisons of texts as well as historical contexts.

Long before, the Roman historian Pliny had speculated that there was another patch of land, to balance those already known.

Pliny, whose official duty it was to persecute them, testifies to their high moral character.

Pliny advises a friend to set aside a few moments a day, or several weeks or months, for a retreat into himself.

Home is where the heart is. ----Pliny.

Prosperity proves the fortunate, adversity the great. ---Pliny.

We don't know if Pliny or Pompey or some later person was skeptical of this as effective protection against poison.

Solinus repackaged Pliny's monsters into a kind of National Enquirer version called the "Gallery of Wonderful Things. "

Roman consul and writer, the nephew of Pliny the Elder. His letters provide valuable information about Roman life.

Pliny the Younger (Epistles 10. 96), writing to Emperor Trajan, says that the early Christians sang a hymn to Christ as God.

It was clear from the accounts of the historian Pliny(23-79 A. D. ) that the Romans also possessed burning-glasses.

Pliny recommended it as an antidote to poison.

Daily words of inspiration from Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger .

In the first century A. D. , Pliny the Elder wrote of using sea urchin ashes to treat baldness.

blue cheese is mentioned in literature as far back as AD 79, when Pliny the Elder remarked upon its rich flavor.

This particularly sad event left a deep impression on Pliny who had lost an uncle in the eruption.

Pliny the Elder, was know to recorded this information. How he learned this is that an Elephant, and a Rhino they were fighting each other.

My uncle , Pliny the elder , looked more asleep than dead.

The Roman historian Pliny said that Phoenician sailors accidentally discovered how to make glass over three thousand years ago.

Pliny was a Roman who lived in the first century and wrote something called the Natural History.

The odor of wild thyme, Pliny tells us, drives away snakes. Dionysius of Syracuse, on the other hand, thinks it an aphrodisiac.

The story comes from Pliny the Elder almost 2, 000 years ago.

It was mentioned by the Roman writer pliny during the first century A. D. , but in the Middle Ages it was a popular folk medicine for fever

Letters of Pliny the Younger