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Natural History A Selection (Classics)

Gaius Pliny

Pliny's Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of...

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It was mentioned as a source of information about the Romans' use of soap-like substances. The episode discussed how Pliny the Elder wrote about soap in 77 C.E.

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But also Pliny the Elder mentioned it in his Naturalist Historia from 77 CE, you know what else the romans were into? Yeah, or Jesus. I do they were into a lot of stuff.

— Episode: How Soap Works

Episode: How Soap Works

It was mentioned as a source of information about the Romans' use of soap-like substances. The episode discussed how Pliny the Elder wrote about soap in 77 C.E.

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But also Pliny the Elder mentioned it in his Naturalist Historia from 77 CE, you know what else the romans were into? Yeah, or Jesus. I do they were into a lot of stuff.

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