Pliny the Elder tags: darkness, measure, reach 25 likes Like In these matters, the only certainty is that nothing is certain Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Vol. ![]() One pint quickly became three, which quickly became an afternoon nap. The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach. Drinking it over lunch with a freshly primed palate at The Mayor of Old Town-a favourite bar of mine in the city of Fort Collins-took me back to Portland, only now I found it somehow maltier, and more balanced. It was never designed to be appreciated this way. The next bottles were, typically, smuggled in the luggage of friends thimblefuls of a beer that was probably past its best. Pliny has never quite tasted the same ever since, but my love for it hasn’t diminished as a result. And the crabcakes went so well with the beer we ordered a second helping. 79, Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in his Naturalis Historia that concrete structures in harbors, exposed to the constant assault of the saltwater waves, become a single stone mass, impregnable to the waves and every day stronger. We made quite a dent in the restaurant’s limited stock that evening. Pliny the Younger was raised and educated by his uncle, trained as a lawyer, and worked through the various levels of magistrates in the Roman Empire. His books included volumes on cavalry tactics, biography, a history of Rome, a study of the Roman campaigns in Germany (twenty books. Pliny the Elder was a naturalist who wrote Naturalis Historia ( Natural History ), the first encyclopedia. ![]() He was the author of at least 75 books, not to mention another 160 volumes of unpublished notebooks. Then came the endless bitterness that lingered and lingered until you finally supplanted it with another sip. Despite his active public life, Pliny the Elder still found time to write enormous amounts of material. Platt, Professor of Classics and the History of Art at Cornell, for a talk on Pliny the Elder, the Roman author, natural philosopher, and statesman at the center of the Johnson’s new exhibition 'Wonder and Wakefulness: The Nature of Pliny the Elder,' curated by Dr. The precision of its aromatics, sharp as a Spartan’s speartip piercing with notes of freshly cut grass, pine resin, and citrus in high definition: orange, lemon, grapefruit. My memory of that first taste is a two-parter.
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