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  2. AD 17 Lydia earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The earthquake was recorded by the Roman historians Tacitus and Pliny the Elder, and the Greek historians Strabo and Eusebius. Pliny called it "the greatest earthquake in human memory" (Nat. Hist. 2:86 §200). [1] The city of Sardis, the former capital of the Lydian Empire, was the most affected and never completely recovered from the ...

  3. Pliny the Elder - Wikipedia

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    Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24–79), known in English as Pliny the Elder (/ ˈ p l ɪ n i / PLIN-ee), [1] was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.

  4. Ritual of oak and mistletoe - Wikipedia

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    Miranda Aldhouse-Green has argued that, although Pliny is the only authority to mention this ceremony, the main elements of his account are all features of Celtic religion that are confirmed elsewhere; these include oak trees, mistletoe, ritual banqueting, the moon, and bull-sacrifice.

  5. Perea - Wikipedia

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    Perea was a slender piece of land east of the Jordan River.It stretched from Wadi Yabis in the north to Wadi Mujib (Nahal Arnon) in the south. The region extended from the Jordan River westwards to the foothills eastward towards Amman (then known as Philadelphia).

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  7. Natural History (Pliny) - Wikipedia

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    Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-814687-6. Healy, John F. (2004). Pliny the Elder: Natural History: A Selection. Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0-14-044413-1. Isager, Jacob (1991). Pliny on Art and Society: The Elder Pliny's Chapters on the History of Art. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-06950-5.

  8. PLINIVS - Wikipedia

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    PLINIVS (プリニウス, Puriniusu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Yamazaki and Miki Tori.The series is a biography of Pliny the Elder.It was initially serialized in Shinchosha's Shinchō 45 magazine from December 2013 to September 2018.

  9. Pomponianus - Wikipedia

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    Amidst the ongoing disaster, Pomponianus and Pliny waited in the town overnight for the wind to change, after which their party was forced to decide whether to remain inside and risk the collapse of the roof above them due to the build-up of falling pumice and ash, or to attempt to escape outside and risk being buried. Pliny the Elder ...