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          Pliny the Elder
          Gaius Plinius Secundus

          BornAD 23 or 24

          Novum Comum (Como), Roman Italy, Roman Empire

          DiedAD 79 (aged 55)

          Stabiae, Roman Italy, Roman Empire

          CitizenshipRoman
          EducationRhetoric, grammar
          OccupationLawyer, author, natural philosopher, naturalist, military commander,provincial governor

          Notable work

          		Naturalis Historia
          ChildrenPliny the Younger (nephew, later adopted son)
          Parent(s)Gaius Plinius Celer and Marcella

          Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – 79), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and 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. He spent most of his spare time studying, writing, and investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field.