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'''Pliny the Elder''' was born Gaius Plinius Secundus, who lived A.D. 23 – 79. He was a famous Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and friend of the emperor Vespasian. He was author of a celebrated ''Natural History'', an encyclopedic work on [[science]] which was authoritative through the [[Middle Ages]]. He died of sudden [[asphyxiation]] from volcanic gasses when he approached on foot too near the area surrounding Herculaneum and [[Pompeii]] during the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]]. His nephew was [[Pliny the Younger]].
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