hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
Cicero (New York, United States) 8 0 Browse Search
Cato (South Carolina, United States) 8 0 Browse Search
Pliny (Ohio, United States) 8 0 Browse Search
Pliny (West Virginia, United States) 6 0 Browse Search
480 BC 6 6 Browse Search
Cicero (Kansas, United States) 6 0 Browse Search
Cicero (Ohio, United States) 6 0 Browse Search
Ovid (Missouri, United States) 4 0 Browse Search
82 BC 4 4 Browse Search
Enfield (Connecticut, United States) 4 0 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (ed. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A.). Search the whole document.

Found 5 total hits in 5 results.

39 AD (search for this): book 14, chapter 29
i. M. Varro,See end of B. ii. D. Silanus,Decimus Junius Silanus. He was commissioned by the senate, about B.C. 146, to translate into Latin the twenty-eight books of Mago, the Carthaginian, on Agriculture. See B. xviii. c. 5. Fabius Pictor,See end of B. x. Trogus,See end of B. vii. Hyginus,See end of B. iii. Flaccus Verrius,See end of B. iii. Græcinus,Julius Greecinus. He was one of the most distinguished orators of his time. Having refused to accuse M. Julius Silanus, he was put to death A.D. 39. He wrote a work, in two books, on the culture of the vine. Julius Atticus,He was a contemporary of Celsus and Columella, the latter of whom states that he wrote a work on a peculiar method of cultivating the vine. See also B. xvii. c. 18. Columella,See end of B. viii. Massurius Sabinus,See end of B. vii. Fenestella,See end of B. viii. Tergilla,Nothing is known of him. He may possibly have written on Husbandry, and seems to have spoken in dispraise of the son of Cicero. See c 28 of the present
95 BC (search for this): book 14, chapter 29
cero. See c 28 of the present Book. Maccius Plautus,The famous Roman Comic poet, born B.C. 184. Twenty of his comedies are still in existence. Flavius,For Alfius Flavius, see end of B. ix.; for Cneius Flavius, see end of B. xii. Dossennus,Or Dorsenus Fabius, an ancient Comic dramatist, censured by Horace for the buffoonery of his characters, and the carelessness of his productions. In the 15th Chapter of this Book, Pliny quotes a line from his Acharistio. Scævola,Q. Mutius Scævola, consul B.C. 95, and assassinated by C. Flavius Fimbria, having been proscribed by the Marian faction. He wrote several works on the Roman law, and Cicero was in the number of his disciples. Ælius,Sextus Ælius Pætus Catus, a celebrated jurisconsult, and consul B.C. 198. He wrote a work on the Twelve Tables. Ateius Capito,See end of B. iii. cotta Messalinus, L. Piso,A freedman of Pompey, by whose command he translated into Latin the work of Mithridates on Poisons. After Pompey's death, he maintained himself
184 BC (search for this): book 14, chapter 29
lius Atticus,He was a contemporary of Celsus and Columella, the latter of whom states that he wrote a work on a peculiar method of cultivating the vine. See also B. xvii. c. 18. Columella,See end of B. viii. Massurius Sabinus,See end of B. vii. Fenestella,See end of B. viii. Tergilla,Nothing is known of him. He may possibly have written on Husbandry, and seems to have spoken in dispraise of the son of Cicero. See c 28 of the present Book. Maccius Plautus,The famous Roman Comic poet, born B.C. 184. Twenty of his comedies are still in existence. Flavius,For Alfius Flavius, see end of B. ix.; for Cneius Flavius, see end of B. xii. Dossennus,Or Dorsenus Fabius, an ancient Comic dramatist, censured by Horace for the buffoonery of his characters, and the carelessness of his productions. In the 15th Chapter of this Book, Pliny quotes a line from his Acharistio. Scævola,Q. Mutius Scævola, consul B.C. 95, and assassinated by C. Flavius Fimbria, having been proscribed by the Marian faction. He
198 BC (search for this): book 14, chapter 29
ius, an ancient Comic dramatist, censured by Horace for the buffoonery of his characters, and the carelessness of his productions. In the 15th Chapter of this Book, Pliny quotes a line from his Acharistio. Scævola,Q. Mutius Scævola, consul B.C. 95, and assassinated by C. Flavius Fimbria, having been proscribed by the Marian faction. He wrote several works on the Roman law, and Cicero was in the number of his disciples. Ælius,Sextus Ælius Pætus Catus, a celebrated jurisconsult, and consul B.C. 198. He wrote a work on the Twelve Tables. Ateius Capito,See end of B. iii. cotta Messalinus, L. Piso,A freedman of Pompey, by whose command he translated into Latin the work of Mithridates on Poisons. After Pompey's death, he maintained himself by keeping a school at Rome. Pompeius Lenæus,See end of B. ii. Fabianus,For Fabianus Papirius, see end of B. ii. Fabianus Sabinus is supposed to have been the same person. Sextius Niger,See end of B. xii. Vibius Rufus.He is mentioned by the elder Senec<
146 BC (search for this): book 14, chapter 29
il are much less numerous—we shall proceed to give an account of them in the following Book. SUMMARY.—Remarkable facts, narratives, and observations, five hundred and ten. ROMAN AUTHORS QUOTED.—Cornelius Valerianus,See end of B. iii. Virgil,See end of B. vii. Celsus,See end of B. vii. Cato the Censor,See end of B. iii. Saserna,See end of B.. x. father and son, Scrofa,See end of B. xi. M. Varro,See end of B. ii. D. Silanus,Decimus Junius Silanus. He was commissioned by the senate, about B.C. 146, to translate into Latin the twenty-eight books of Mago, the Carthaginian, on Agriculture. See B. xviii. c. 5. Fabius Pictor,See end of B. x. Trogus,See end of B. vii. Hyginus,See end of B. iii. Flaccus Verrius,See end of B. iii. Græcinus,Julius Greecinus. He was one of the most distinguished orators of his time. Having refused to accuse M. Julius Silanus, he was put to death A.D. 39. He wrote a work, in two books, on the culture of the vine. Julius Atticus,He was a contemporary of Celsus and