Project Gutenberg 2020-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 691 Pliny, the Elder 23 79 Elder, Pliny the Gaius Plinius Secundus Secundus, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Caius Plinius Bostock, John 1773 1846 Bostock, Joannes Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) 1816 1878 Riley, Henry Thomas Riley, H.T. The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_(Pliny) Produced by Turgut Dincer, Stephen Rowland, Tony Browne, Brian Wilcox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)" by the Elder Pliny is a scientific publication written in the 1st century AD. This volume delves into various significant topics related to agriculture, particularly focusing on grain, its cultivation, and the historical practices of the ancients. The work serves as a profound exploration of botany and agricultural theory, underlining the importance of plants in sustaining human life. The opening of this volume introduces the reader to Pliny's advocacy for understanding and appreciating the earth as a provider of essential nourishment and resources. He highlights the distinction between beneficial and harmful plants, attributing human malice to the misuse of nature's offerings rather than to nature itself. Pliny sets the stage for a detailed examination of grain cultivation, central to ancient Roman life, and discusses historical practices and beliefs surrounding agriculture. He references significant agricultural figures, norms of land ownership, and the importance of grain as a staple in Roman society, portraying the cultivation of grain as both an art and a moral duty of the populace. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works QH Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 2327778 2025-06-24T09:24:54.926559 text/html 2213414 2024-10-17T15:38:56 text/html 1209149 2025-06-24T09:26:02.019799 application/epub+zip 1243074 2025-06-24T09:25:05.476521 application/epub+zip 1243074 2025-06-24T09:24:59.738565 application/epub+zip 1734805 2025-06-24T09:26:40.261508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1364554 2025-06-24T09:25:55.243777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1365292 2022-09-27T15:38:32.229656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1370594 2025-06-24T09:24:45.615649 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1350682 2024-10-17T15:38:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18083 2025-06-24T09:26:40.548488 application/rdf+xml 13175 2025-06-24T09:25:00.361506 image/jpeg 2896 2025-06-24T09:25:00.056573 image/jpeg 622403 2025-06-24T09:24:55.076504 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia