Dublin Core
Title
Plin. HN 6,137
Subject
The expanse of the Parthian Empire.
Creator
Veit Erik Brandt
Date
late 1st c. CE
Rights
Photo: Pliny the Elder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Language
Latin
Literary Sources Item Type Metadata
Work:
Naturalis Historia
Location:
Roman Italy, Roman Empire
Date:
late 1st c. CE
Original Text:
Namque is Mediam et Parthiam et Persidem ab oriente Indo, ab occidente Tigri, a septentrione Tauro Caucasio, a meridie Rubro mari terminatas patere in longitudinem XIII·XX p., in latitudinem DCCCXL prodidit [...]
Translation:
[...] Media, Parthia and Persis border on the Indus in the East, the Tigris in the West, the Caucasus in the North, and the Red Sea* in the South and are 1320 miles in length and 840 [miles] in width [...]
*=Persian Gulf
*=Persian Gulf
Edition/Translation:
Hackl, U. et al. (eds.). 2010.
Quellen zur Geschichte des Partherreiches Vol. 2. NTOA 83. Göttingen.
C. Plinius Secundus d.Ä., Naturkunde Vol. 6 [liber VI]. Zürich & Düsseldorf.
English translation Veit Erik Brandt