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Medicine, Ancient. --- Medicine, Greek and Roman. --- Pliny, --- Medicina plinii.

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Quelle importance les Romains accordaient-ils à la présence de l’eau, et jusqu’à quel point celle-ci jouait-elle un rôle dans leur vie quotidienne ? C’est à ces questions que répond cet ouvrage, en s’appuyant sur l’exemple offert par Pline le Jeune, qui écrivit sous le règne de Trajan, une période particulièrement brillante pour la civilisation romaine. Haut fonctionnaire, il fut chargé de résoudre bien des problèmes liés à la gestion de l’eau au cours de sa carrière, en même temps qu’il se délassait en jouissant de la présence de l’eau, aussi bien dans la nature que dans ses splendides piscines et salles de bain. En analysant en profondeur les passages de son œuvre où l’eau est mentionnée, que ce soit dans la description de paysages, rendus agréables grâce aux lacs et aux sources, dans la présentation d’un Empire à échelle mondiale s’appuyant sur la circulation sur eau des personnes et des marchandises, ou enfin dans l’évocation souvent très précise de techniques venues de l’hydraulique pour mettre l’eau au service des besoins et des plaisirs des hommes, ce livre se propose d’offrir à notre époque, pour laquelle l’eau devient de plus en plus un enjeu géostratégique, un point de comparaison et une matière à réflexion sur les permanences et les changements depuis vingt siècles. Que peut nous apprendre un Romain des années 100 de notre ère sur les usages de l’eau et ses représentations dans l’imaginaire collectif ?

Water in literature --- Pliny, --- Caius Plinius, --- Gaĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Pliniĭ Sekund, --- Gaj Plinije, --- Kaĭ Pliniĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Vtoroĭ --- Pline, --- Pliniĭ, --- Plinio, --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, C. --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Caius --- Plinius, Caius, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Gaius Plinius Secundus Minor --- C. Plini Caecili Secundi --- Pline le Jeune --- Plinius de jongere --- Plinius der Jüngere --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius

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This is the first thorough English commentary on the geographical books of Pliny the Elder, written in the AD 70s. Pliny's account is the longest in Latin, and represents the geographical knowledge of that era, when the Roman Empire was the dominant force in the Mediterranean world. The work serves both cultural and ideological functions: much of it is topographical, but it also demonstrates the political need to express a geographical basis for the importance of the Roman state. In five books, Pliny covers the entire world as it was known in his era and includes some of the first information on the extremities of the inhabited region, including Scandinavia and the Baltic, eastern Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. The commentary provides a detailed analysis of all the points Pliny raises: his sources, toponyms, and understanding of the place of the earth in the cosmos.

Geography, Ancient --- Pliny, --- Plinius Secundus, Caius --- Pline l'Ancien --- Plinius de Oudere --- Cayo Plinio Segundo --- Gaĭ Pliniĭ Sekund Starshiĭ --- Gaius Plinius Secundus --- Pliniĭ --- Pliniĭ Starshiĭ, Gaĭ Sekund --- Plinio, --- Plinio Segundo, Cayo --- Plinius Secundus, C. --- Plinius Secundus --- Plynius Secundus, C. --- Secundus, C. Plinius --- Secundus, Caius Plinius --- Secundus, Gaius Plinius --- Segundo, Cayo Plinio --- Pline, --- Pliny --- Pliny, - the Elder. - Naturalis historia --- Pliny, - the Elder

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"Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius is a forensic examination of two of the most famous letters from the ancient Mediterranean world, Pliny the Younger's Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20, which offer a contemporary account of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. These letters, sent to the historian Tacitus, provide accounts by Pliny the Younger about what happened when Mt Vesuvius exploded, destroying the surrounding towns and countryside, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, and killing his uncle, Pliny the Elder. This volume provides the first comprehensive full-length treatment of these documents, contextualized by evidence-rich biographies for both Plinys, and a synthesis of the latest archaeological and volcanological research which answers questions about the eruption date. A new collation of sources results in a detailed manuscript tradition and an authoritative Latin text, while commentaries on each letter offer copiously referenced insights on their structure, style, and meaning. Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius offers a thorough companion to these letters, and to the eruption, which will be of interest not only to those working on Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum, and the works of Pliny, but also to general readers, Latin students, and scholars of the Roman world more broadly"--

Pliny, --- Vesuvius (Italy) --- Eruption, 79. --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius --- Gaius Plinius Secundus Minor --- C. Plini Caecili Secundi --- Pline le Jeune --- Plinius de jongere --- Plinius der Jüngere --- Caius Plinius, --- Gaĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Pliniĭ Sekund, --- Gaj Plinije, --- Kaĭ Pliniĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Vtoroĭ --- Pline, --- Pliniĭ, --- Plinio, --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, C. --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Caius --- Plinius, Caius, --- Correspondence.

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Encyclopedists --- Encyclopédistes --- Pliny, --- Natural history --- Encyclopédistes --- Pre-Linnaean works of natural history --- Pre-Linnean works of natural history --- Cayo Plinio Segundo --- Gaĭ Pliniĭ Sekund Starshiĭ --- Gaius Plinius Secundus --- Pliniĭ --- Pliniĭ Starshiĭ, Gaĭ Sekund --- Plinio, --- Plinio Segundo, Cayo --- Plinius Secundus, C. --- Plinius Secundus --- Plynius Secundus, C. --- Secundus, C. Plinius --- Secundus, Caius Plinius --- Secundus, Gaius Plinius --- Segundo, Cayo Plinio --- Pline, --- Knowledge --- Science. --- Plinius Secundus, Caius --- Pline l'Ancien --- Plinius de Oudere --- Natural history - Pre-Linnean works. --- Pliny, - the Elder - Naturalis historia