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Roman military commander and writer (AD23/24–79)

Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 – 79), called Pliny the Elder was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias.

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Native Name: Caius Plinius Secundus
Alternative Names: Gaius Plinius Secundus • Gaius P. Secundus • Caius P. Secundus • C. Plinius Secundus • Plinius • Pliny • the Elder Pliny

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Similar: Voltaire 54.4% Mark Twain 54.3% Jonathan Swift 54.3% Leonardo da Vinci 54.1% Denis Diderot 53.9% Ralph Waldo Emerson 53.7% Samuel Johnson 53.6% Francis Bacon 53.3% Michel de Montaigne 53.2% Jules Verne 52.9%
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