For students of Latin advanced enough to read primary texts, Travillian presents parts of Pliny the Elder’s (23-79) Naturalis historia, the source for most modern knowledge about what ancient
Romans thought about the world and the people in it. His 46-page introduction discusses Pliny’s life and career, his known work (all lost but the Natural History, quotations (in Latin) about
him by contemporaries, the structures of Book VII and the first of Book VIII, sources Pliny cites, his relation to other writers, his writing style, and the book’s reception. He also includes
150 pages of commentary, a glossary, and several indexes. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
