Pliny the Elder Net Worth

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Pliny the Elder was a Roman natural philosopher, author, naturalist, and military commander of the Early Roman Empire who lived during the 1st century. He is best known for his work 'Pliny's Natural History', a Latin encyclopedia which explored the natural world and was considered a major authority on scientific matters until the Middle Ages. Pliny began his career as a junior officer in the army and rose to the rank of commander, taking part in several significant military conquests. His most significant work was the encyclopedia 'Naturalis Historia', which comprised 37 books and is one of the largest single works that has survived from the Roman Empire to this day. Pliny the Elder died an untimely death while attempting to rescue his friends from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Pliny the Elder is a member of Philosophers

Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it?	Philosopher
Birth Place	Ancient Roman
Died On	August 25, AD 79\n(aged 55–56)\nStabiae, Campania, Roman Empire
Residence	Rome, provincial locations, Misenum
Citizenship	Roman
Education	Rhetoric, grammar
Occupation	Lawyer, author, natural philosopher, naturalist, military commander, provincial governor
Notable work	Naturalis Historia
Children	Pliny the Younger (nephew, later adopted son)
Parent(s)	Celer and Marcella

💰 Net worth

Pliny the Elder, a renowned philosopher of Ancient Rome, is expected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million by the year 2024. His status as a prolific writer and scholar in various disciplines, including natural history, philosophy, and military tactics, has earned him great recognition and influence during his time. Pliny's extensive contributions to fields of knowledge have undoubtedly contributed to his amassed wealth, solidifying his place among the intellectual elites of ancient Roman society.

Famous Quotes:

For my part I deem those blessed to whom, by favour of the gods, it has been granted either to do what is worth writing of, or to write what is worth reading; above measure blessed those on whom both gifts have been conferred. In the latter number will be my uncle, by virtue of his own and of your compositions.

Biography/Timeline

1979

Pliny's dates are pinned to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 and a statement of his nephew that he died in his 56th year, which would put his birth in AD 23 or 24.

2013

Pliny was allowed home (Rome) at some time in AD 75–76. He was presumably at home for the first official release of Natural History in 77. Whether he was in Rome for the dedication of Vespasian's Temple of Peace in the Forum in 75, which was in essence a museum for display of art works plundered by Nero and formerly adorning the Domus Aurea, is uncertain, as is his possible command of the vigiles (night-watchmen), a lesser post. The latter post is not consistent with what Pliny the Younger says of this period:

2019

Pliny the Younger refers to Tacitus’s reliance upon his uncle's book, the History of the German Wars. Pliny the Elder died in AD 79, while attempting the rescue, by ship, of a friend and his family, in Stabiae, from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which already had destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The wind caused by the sixth and largest pyroclastic surge of the volcano’s eruption did not allow his ship to leave port, and Pliny probably died during that event.

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