Pliny the Elder

n. (23-79 A.D.) Gaius Plinius Secundus, Roman historian and author of "Natural History" who died while watching the eruption of Vesuvius

Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, (AD 23 – August 24, AD 79), better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, naturalist or natural philosopher and naval and military commander of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia. He believed that "true glory consists of doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read".
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Noun
1. Roman author of an encylclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
(synonym) Pliny, Gaius Plinius Secundus
(hypernym) writer, author