“Whatever men do is the stuff of our pages.” Juvenal, Sat. I.85–86
NaturaScience
Naturalem Historiam XXXVII libris composuit; nihil non legit, nihil non notavit. Vesuvium ardentem propius inspicere voluit, et ibi periit.He compiled the Natural History in 37 books; there was nothing he did not read and nothing he did not note down. He sailed toward Vesuvius to get a closer look at the eruption, and died there.
Semper aliquid novi.
Natura · MetallaScience · Mining
C. Plinius Secundus de metallis rarioribus, quae nunc omnes gentes certatim quaerunt.Pliny the Elder on the rare metals every nation is now scrambling to dig up.
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Ante primam lucem, in tabellam tuam: res orbis terrarum, a Romanis iudicatae.Before first light, on your tablet: the world’s affairs, judged by Romans.
Gratias. Cras ante lucem tabellarius veniet.Thank you. The courier arrives tomorrow before dawn.
Aliquid erravit. Iterum conare.Something went wrong. Please try again.
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