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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.
This is a list of notable people who have died by choking.. 405 BC: Sophocles (91), Diodorus Siculus claims Sophocles choked on a grape-seed in a cup of wine. [1]circa 200: Lucius Fabius Cilo, Pliny the Elder claims "Chilo" perished from choking on a single hair in a draught of milk.
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.
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 ...
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]
As already mentioned above, highlights of these books include Pliny's description of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the death of his uncle and mentor, Pliny the Elder. The first letter (1.1), addressed to Gaius Septicius Clarus , is also notable for giving Pliny's reasons for collecting his letters.
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 ...
The Natural History (Latin: Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.The largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day, the Natural History compiles information gleaned from other ancient authors.