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Death of Elder PlinyGAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS In his eagerness to observe the eruption of Vesuvius, he approaches dangerously near and is killed by falling rocks, a martyr to science
DEATH OF PLINYGAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS He dies, a martyr to science, while observing the eruption of Veusvius Date: 23 - 79 AD
Roman Scientist and Scholar Plinius Secundus DyingGaius Plinius Secundus Roman scientist and scholar; dies while observing an eruption of Vesuvius Date: 1855
Prickly poppy, Argemone mexicana, and butcher sPrickly poppy, Argemone mexicana, and butchers broom, Rustus aculeata. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557
CYPRUS. Paphos. House of Aion. The Apollo and Marsyas mosaic, detail of Pliny and Apollo, House of Aion. (3rd century AD). Roman art. Early Empire. Mosaic
Roman Scientist and Scholar Gaius Plinius SecundusGaius Plinius Secundus Roman scientist and scholar
Historia Naturalis Title PageThe title page from Historia Naturalis (Natural History) by Pliny the Elder. This 1st edition was published in Venice in 1469. Incunabulum, illuminated with watercolour and gold paint. 400mm x 270 mm
Pliny The Elder (23-79). Roman writer. Page from the second book of Plinys Naturalis Historia (Natural History). Edition
QUIRINIUS (-?-21); Pliny The Elder (23-79). Consul of Rome (12 BC). Governor of Syria between 6 and 9 AC.; Roman writer
Pliny the ElderGAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS Roman scientist and scholar
Pliny the YoungerGAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS Roman statesman and scholar