If you were writing a biography of Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus—or Pliny the Younger, the author of one of the most famous collections of letters surviving from the early Roman Empire—it ...

Although bioluminescence has been observed for many centuries, its application in biomedicine is relatively recent. Scientists traced back the first reference of bioluminescence to the Greek ...

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 ...

A statue of Pliny the Elder at the Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore in Como, Italy Public domain On a warm afternoon in 79 A.D., a Roman statesman and writer named Gaius Plinius Secundus watched ...

Just before his death, Pliny — also known as Gaius Plinius Secundus, a military leader and author of the influential tome "Natural History" — was fighting pirates in the Bay of Naples, ...

The eruption destroyed Pompeii and devastated other towns in the region, possibly killing up to 16,000 people, including Pliny.. Pliny, whose real name was Gaius Plinius Secundus, had famously ...

After the inaugural sold-out event of 'Tales of Mystery', the program for the fourth edition of the artistic-cultural festival 'IncantiAmoci a Sorrento' presents 'Gaius Plinius Secundus The Last ...