Pliny the Elder
Timmy Waggoner
Pliny? Who's Pliny?
Oh that's who Pliny is!
When?
His parents were Celer and Marcella. His sister's name is Plinia and his nephew's name was Pliny the Younger, no info on his actul name was found unless that is his actual name.
What happened?
The year AD 79 is when Mt. Vesivius (right) blew up!
Both Plinys were right there to witness the eruption that obliterated Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny the Elder's notes are how we know what this cataclysmic eruption was like, and how it created a mushroom cloud "like an umbrella pine."
Though Pliny was ensconced in a relatively safe haven across the Bay of Naples, he decided to get closer to the action to record the event—and to evacuate some refugees trapped on the far shore—so Pliny sailed into the heart of the mayhem, dictating his impressions to a scribe as he went.
The scribe made it back.
Pliny didn't, but... Pliny the Younger was at a safer shore and survived to tell this tale.
Why was Pliny so important?
spices you could find in India, the habits of honeybees, the different kinds of trees, and everything else you can think of.
Citations
Book:
Barrett , Anthony AWorld Book
World Book Inc.
2007
Pages 573 574
Pliny the Elder
Web:
Reid Bramblett
Pliny the Elder
reidsitaly.com
January 2012