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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 7833845, member: 112342&quot;][ATTACH=full]1346591[/ATTACH]</p><p>A series of books written by Pliny the Elder, and compiled by Pliny the Younger after the former succumbed to the eruption of Vesuvius.</p><p>The word &#039;history&#039; in this context doesn&#039;t mean past events, but &#039;research&#039;, so the title means more of &#039;research of the nature&#039;, although it includes politics and other anthropological contents.</p><p>I&#039;ve been reading this book for a while now, and I&#039;m on book VII on &#039;Man&#039;, so far it has been really interesting.</p><p>This book not only gives an insight into the 2000 year old Roman society, but also makes me examine how far we have come in the 21st century.</p><p>So have any of you read this book or have suggestions for other books dealing with ancient society and sciences?</p><p>And a denarius of Vespasian to the bottom left, acting as a time capsule![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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