Natural history in ten volumes
book chapter 1967 • Pliny, the Elder & Rackham, H. (Harris)

Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This is the first of ten volumes of Plinys Natural History. Only the Preface and Book II of this volume has been processed for the Files. For other volumes of the Natural History, see document...

Natural history in ten volumes
book chapter 1969 • Pliny, the Elder & Rackham, H. (Harris)

Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This document consists only of Book VII of the Natural History, dealing with Pliny's concepts and views of humanity—its biology, physiology, psychology and religion....

Natural history in ten volumes
book chapter 1968 • Pliny, the Elder & Rackham, H. (Harris)

Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This source is a continuation of Plinys encyclopedia of the knowledge of his time, and covers metals, minerals, and a history of art. Book 33 is concerned with gold and silver, their mining, p...

Natural history in ten volumes
book chapter 1969 • Pliny, the Elder & Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel)

Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This document is an exhaustive cataloguing of the medicinal uses to which plants had been put. Plinys sources were mainly Greek and Roman, and the information is not limited to Roman ethnobota...

Natural history in ten volumes
book chapter 1966 • Pliny, the Elder & Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel)

Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This is a continuation of Plinys encyclopedic treatment of the medicinal uses of plants, begun in volume VI (15: Pliny this field). Book XXIV is concerned with the medicinal uses of trees and ...