Oysters and escargot are recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes as ...

Less adventurous eaters today see snails as a garden pest, and are quick to point out that freshly shucked oysters are not ...

Gaius Plinius Secundus, the man we know as Pliny the Elder, was born in Como, Italy, in A.D. 23. By the time he died 56 years later, he had been a cavalry officer, an adviser to emperors and the ...

Solder, lawyer and writer, Pliny the Elder’s (23 – 79 AD) research into the natural world formed the basis of scientific authority for centuries to come. He died during the eruption of Mount ...

Whip out one of these Latin phrases next time you want to impress at a party. After all, omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina ...

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His own father died when Pliny was still very young and he was adopted by his uncle, Pliny the Elder. This was clearly a life-changing experience, but one that was common to most Romans.

According to Pliny the Elder, "Many persons have quite a mania for pigeons — building towns for them on the top of their roofs, and taking a pleasure in relating the pedigree and noble origin of ...