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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. File:Pliny the Elder, Leiden, Voss. Lat. F. 4.jpg - Wikipedia

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  4. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD - Wikipedia

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    A rain of ash fell. Pliny needed to shake off the ash periodically to avoid being buried. Later that same day, the ash stopped falling, and the sun shone weakly through the cloud, encouraging Pliny and his mother to return home and wait for news of Pliny the Elder. The letter compares the ash to a blanket of snow.

  5. Aulus Larcius Macedo The Elder - Wikipedia

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    Aulus Larcius Macedo the Elder was a Roman nobleman of pretorian rank and father of Aulus Larcius Macedo the Younger. Little is known about his early life, but Pliny the Younger mentions that he is the son of a freedman. He is most famous for his death at the hands of his slaves, as described in Pliny's Letters 3.14. Pliny writes that: [1] [2]

  6. Pliny the Younger - Wikipedia

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    Pliny wrote the two letters describing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius approximately 25 years after the event, and both were sent in response to the request of his friend, the historian Tacitus. The first letter outlines the events preceding the death of Pliny the Elder during the attempted rescue of his friend Rectina. The second letter details ...

  7. Roman Villa of Pliny "in Tuscis" - Wikipedia

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    The estate was acquired by Pliny the Elder, nephew of Marcus Granius Marcellus, probably under Vespasian (69-79 AD). After Pliny the Elder had adopted his nephew as his sole heir in his will, on the death of his uncle in 79 AD (near Pompeii) the villa was inherited by Pliny the Younger (61-113 AD) who then added “Secundus” to his name.

  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. Miseno - Wikipedia

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    Pliny the Elder was the praefect in charge of the naval fleet at Misenum in AD 79, at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, visible to the south across the Bay of Naples. Seeing the beginnings of the eruption, Pliny left for a closer view and to effect a possible rescue, and was killed during the eruptions.