Vitruvianism : origins and transformations

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Vain empires : poems by Logan, William, 1950-

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The bloodied nightgown and other essays by Acocella, Joan Ross

Table of Contents: “…The day the Earth exploded : Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger --…”


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The bloodied nightgown : and other essays by Acocella, Joan Ross

Table of Contents: “…The day the Earth exploded : Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger --…”


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The best American poetry 2022

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The serpent's tale : snakes in folklore and literature

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The Roman world : a sourcebook

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The world of Ancient Rome : a daily life encyclopedia by Ermatinger, James William, 1959-

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Solar system maps : from antiquity to the Space Age by Kanas, Nick, 1945-

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Inventorum natura : the wonderful voyage of Pliny by Woodruff, Una

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Pliny's natural history in thirty-seven books / a translation on the basis of that by Dr. Philemon Holland, edited 1601, with critical and explanatory notes; edited by the Werneria...

Ashen sky : the letters of Pliny the Younger on the eruption of Vesuvius

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Pliny the elder -- Tacitus -- Pliny the younger -- The survival of Pliny's letters on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius -- Letter 6.16 -- Letter 6.20.…”


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A Roman book on precious stones ; including an English modernization of the 37th booke of the Historie of the world by Ball, Sydney Hobart, 1877-1949

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Colour and meaning in ancient Rome by Bradley, Mark, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The rainbow -- Lucretius and the philosophy of color -- Pliny the Elder and the unnatural history of color -- Color and rhetoric -- The natural body -- The unnatural body -- Purple -- Conclusion: Colours triumphant.…”


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The Essenes : according to the classical sources

Table of Contents: “…The Essenes described by Philo, Josephus and Pliny the Elder -- The Community of the Dead Sea Scrolls -- The Relationship between the Essenes and the Qumran sect -- Essene and Qumran history -- Appendix : The Therapeutae -- The Therapeutae and the Essenes -- The Therapeutae and the Qumran community -- The Sources : Quod omnis probus liber sit ; Apologia pro iudaeis / Philo -- Natural history / Pliny the Elder -- The Jewish war ; Antiquities of the Jews ; Life / Flavious Josephus -- Dio of Prusa, in Synesius : Dio / Dio of Prusa -- Hypomnemata / Hegesippus -- Refutation of all heresies / Hippolytus of Rome -- Appendix : On the contemplative life / Philo.…”


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The spice trade by Wells, Donald

Table of Contents: “…The long history of spice use -- The importance of spices -- Age of the sail -- The lure of spices -- Maps -- Spice wars -- The influence of the spice trade -- Legendary people in the spice trade -- A sailor's life -- Pliny the elder's natural history -- Modern spice trade -- Lasting effects of the spice trade -- Spice trade time line -- Making a simple astrolabe.…”


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Roman classics : notes by Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

Table of Contents: “…Plautus -- Ennius -- Roman drama -- Terence -- Cicero -- Julius Caesar -- Lucretius -- Catullus -- Virgil -- Livy -- Tibullus -- Propertius -- Horace -- Ovid -- Seneca -- Longinus -- Pliny the elder -- Josephus -- Martial -- Plutarch -- Tacitus -- Epictetus -- Juvenal -- Suetonius -- Statius -- Lucan -- Marcus Aurelius -- Apuleius -- St. …”


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La Statira by Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725

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La España del siglo primero de nuestra era (según P. Mela y C. Plino) by García y Bellido, Antonio, 1903-

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Del papiro specialmente considerato come materia che ha servito alla scrittura. : Memoria by Paoli, Cesare, 1840-1902

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