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Pliny's Defense of Empire challenges centuries of scholarly dismissal of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, the world's first encyclopedia. This Routledge volume offers a radical reinterpretation of how Pliny structured his encyclopedic work, exposing fundamental errors in traditional understandings of the text. Rather than viewing Pliny as an inept compiler of disconnected facts and marvels, Laehn demonstrates how Pliny carefully marshaled his materials to construct coherent arguments about empire, knowledge, and Roman culture in the first century AD. The book provides fresh insight into one of antiquity's most influential yet misunderstood works, revealing the intellectual sophistication underlying Pliny's ambitious project to document the prodigious, quotidian, and useful aspects of the Roman world. Essential reading for scholars of ancient history, political theory, and the history of knowledge.

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Pliny's Defense of Empire offers a groundbreaking reinterpretation of Pliny the Elder's encyclopedic methodology and argumentative structure.

This Routledge title exposes long-standing scholarly errors in the inherited understanding of the Natural History's architecture and purpose.

The book demonstrates how Pliny selectively marshaled materials to construct deliberate arguments about empire and Roman knowledge.

Ideal for ancient history scholars, political theorists, and readers interested in the intellectual foundations of encyclopedic writing.

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22 March 2013
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