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Natural History Volume 1, The by PLINY THE ELDER

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Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. The work became a model for all later encyclopedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents. The scheme of his great work is vast and comprehensive, being nothing short of an encyclopedia of learning and of art so far as they are connected with nature or draw their materials from nature. The work divides neatly into the organic world of plants and animals, and the realm of inorganic matter, although there are frequent digressions in each section. He is especially interested in not just describing the occurrence of plants, animals and insects, but also their exploitation (or a

  • 14 minutes 49 seconds
    01 - Preface and The Life and Writings of Pliny, part 1
  • 18 minutes 16 seconds
    27 - Books 4, Chapters 31-37 and Summary <i>Gallia Belgica; Gallia Lugdunensis; Gallia Aquitanica; Nearer Spain, its coast along the Gallic Ocean; Lusitania; The islands in the Atlantic Ocean; The general measurement of Europe; Summary; Roman authors quoted; Foreign authors quoted</i>
  • 17 minutes 58 seconds
    21 - Book 3, Chapters 18-22 <i>The fifth region of Italy; The sixth region of Italy;The eighth region of Italy; The Padus; The eleventh region of Italy; Italia Transpadana; The tenth region of Italy</i>
  • 24 minutes 42 seconds
    22 - Book 3, Chapters 23-30 and Summary <i>Istria, its people and locality; The Alps and the Alpine nations; Liburnia and Illyricum; Dalmatia; The Norici; Pannonia; Moesia; Islands of the Ionic Sea and the Adriatic; Summary; Roman authors quoted; Foreign authors quoted</i>
  • 20 minutes 47 seconds
    23 - Book 4, Chapters 1-10 <i>Epirus; Acarnania; Aetolia; Locris and Phocis; The Peloponnesus; Achaia; Messenia; Laconia; Argolis; Arcadia</i>
  • 27 minutes 33 seconds
    24 - Book 4, Chapters 11-18 <i>Attica; Boeotia; Doris; Phthiotis; Thessaly Proper; Magnesia; Macedonia; Thrace; The Aegean Sea</i>
  • 31 minutes 3 seconds
    25 - Book 4, Chapters 19-25 <i>The islands which lie before the lands already mentioned; Crete; Euboeia; The Cyclades; The Sporades; The Hellespont - The lake Maeotis; Dacia, Sarmatia </i>
  • 22 minutes 14 seconds
    26 - Book 4, Chapters 26-30 <i>Scythia; The islands of the Euxine; The islands of the northern ocean; Germany; Ninety-six islands of the Gallic Ocean; Britannia</i>
  • 24 minutes
    28 - Book 5, Chapters 1-3 <i>The two Mauritanias; Numidia; Africa</i>
  • 20 minutes 39 seconds
    19- Book 3, Chapters 10-14 <i>The third region of Italy; Sixty-four islands, among which are the Baleares; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily </i>
  • 20 minutes 38 seconds
    29 - Book 5, Chapters 4-8 <i>The Syrtes; Cyrenaica; Libya Mareotis; the islands in the vicinity of Africa; Countries on the other side of Africa</i>
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