Naturalis Historia

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Naturalis Historia is an encyclopedic work of ancient Rome that compiles extensive knowledge on subjects such as natural science, geography, art, and anthropology.

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instanceOf ancient Roman work
encyclopedic work
approximateCompletionDate 77 CE
author Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome NERFINISHED
dateWritten 1st century CE
dedicatedTo Titus NERFINISHED
englishTitle Natural History NERFINISHED
genre encyclopedia
natural history
hasLatinTitle Naturalis Historia NERFINISHED
hasPart Book 1
Book 10 NERFINISHED
Book 11 NERFINISHED
Book 12 NERFINISHED
Book 13 NERFINISHED
Book 14
Book 15 NERFINISHED
Book 16
Book 17
Book 18 NERFINISHED
Book 19
Book 2 NERFINISHED
Book 20 NERFINISHED
Book 21
Book 22 NERFINISHED
Book 23
Book 24
Book 25
Book 26
Book 27
Book 28 NERFINISHED
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Book 3 NERFINISHED
Book 30 NERFINISHED
Book 31
Book 32
Book 33 NERFINISHED
Book 34
Book 35
Book 36 NERFINISHED
Book 37 NERFINISHED
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Book 7 NERFINISHED
Book 8 NERFINISHED
Book 9 NERFINISHED
preface
influenced Renaissance natural history
early modern science
medieval encyclopedias
influencedBy Aristotle
Roman geographical tradition
Theophrastus NERFINISHED
mainSubject agriculture
anthropology
art
art history
botany
ethnography
geography
medicine
metallurgy
mineralogy
natural science
zoology
notableFor attempt to compile all existing knowledge
extensive use of earlier sources
influence on later encyclopedic tradition
numberOfBooks 37
originalLanguage Latin
structure arranged by subject matter
writtenBy Gaius Plinius Secundus NERFINISHED

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Pliny the Elder notableWork Naturalis Historia
Milliarium Aureum referencedIn Naturalis Historia
Regio III Lucania et Bruttii sourceText Naturalis Historia
Hercynian Forest mentionedIn Naturalis Historia
Roman medicine hasText Naturalis Historia
this entity surface form: Natural History (medical sections)
Egyptian Labyrinth mentionedIn Naturalis Historia
this entity surface form: Natural History by Pliny the Elder
Dipoenus and Scyllis mentionedIn Naturalis Historia
Eupompus source Naturalis Historia