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  2. Pliny the Elder - Wikipedia

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    Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24–79), known in English as Pliny the Elder (/ ˈ p l ɪ n i / PLIN-ee), [1] was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.

  3. Fortune favours the bold - Wikipedia

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    Pliny the Younger quotes his uncle, Pliny the Elder, as using the phrase Fortes fortuna iuvat when deciding to take his fleet and investigate the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, in the hope of helping his friend Pomponianus: " 'Fortes' inquit 'fortuna iuvat: Pomponianum pete.

  4. Ne supra crepidam - Wikipedia

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    The phrase is recorded in Book 35 of Pliny the Elder's Natural History as ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret [1] ("Let the cobbler not judge beyond the crepida") and ascribed to the Greek painter Apelles of Kos. Supposedly, Apelles would put new paintings on public display and hide behind them to hear and act on their reception. [2]

  5. Nulla dies sine linea - Wikipedia

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    Nulla dies sine linea is a Latin phrase meaning "no day without a line". The idea was originated by Pliny the Elder (Natural History, XXXV, 84), [1] where the idea applies to the Greek painter Apelles, who did not go a day without drawing at least one line.

  6. In vino veritas - Wikipedia

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    Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia contains an early allusion to the phrase. [2] The Greek expression is quoted by Athenaeus of Naucratis in his Deipnosophistae; [3] it is now traced back to a poem by Alcaeus. [4] Herodotus asserts that if the Persians decided something while drunk, they made a rule to reconsider it when sober.

  7. Pliny the Younger - Wikipedia

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    The first man mentioned, L. Caecilius Valens, is probably the older son. Pliny the Younger confirms [9] that he was a trustee for the largesse "of my ancestors". It seems unknown to Pliny the Elder, so Valens' mother was probably not his sister Plinia; perhaps Valens was Lutulla's son from an earlier relationship. [citation needed]

  8. 'Pliny The Elder' voted best beer in the nation - AOL

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    The American Homebrewer's Association has voted Russian River Brewing Company's Pliny The Elder as the number one beer in the US for the seventh year in a row. AHA members were asked to list their ...

  9. Carthago delenda est - Wikipedia

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    Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History: "[Cato], cum clamaret omni senatu Carthaginem delendam, … " [13] Aurelius Victor in his De viris illustribus: "[Marcus Porcius Cato] Carthaginem delendam censuit. " [14] Florus, in his Epitome of Livy: "Cato inexpiabili odio delendam esse Carthaginem … pronuntiabat. " [4]