Roman Empire Shorts
Main Tag:
Description: Roman Empire - Gaius Plinius Secundus, called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, a naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia, which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. Pliny the Elder died in AD 79 while attempting to rescue people from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
