Haec est Italia diis sacra - Pliny the Elder

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Haec est Italia diis sacra

Pliny the Elder

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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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Everything is soothed by oil, and this is the reason why divers send out small quantities of it from their mouths, because it smooths every part which is rough.

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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

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