Pliny the Elder  themes and contexts /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Roy K. Gibson, Ruth Morello. 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2011. 
 - xiv, 248 p. 
 - Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature,  v. 329  0169-8958 ; .
 - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.  Supplementum.  Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;  v. 329. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Pliny the Elder's attitude to warfare / Rhiannon Ash -- Roman's burden / Andrew Fear -- Luxury and the creation of a good consumer / Eugenia Lao -- Imperialism, mirabilia, and knowledge: some paradoxes in the Naturalis historia / Valerie Naas -- Curious eye of the Elder Pliny / Mary Beagon -- Philosophy and science in the Elder Pliny's Naturalis historia / Ernesto Paparazzo -- Science and aesthetics of names in the Naturalis historia / Aude Doody -- Pliny on Apion / Cynthia Damon -- Pliny and the encyclopaedic addressee / Ruth Morello -- Encylcopaedic exemplarity in Pliny the Elder / Clemence Schultze -- Elder and better: the Naturalis historia and the letters of the younger Pliny / Roy K. Gibson --  Vita Plinii / Michael Reeve. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Pliny, the Elder.  Naturalis historia. 
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PA6614  / .P55 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>500