Episode Details
Back to Episodes
Pliny the Elder: The First Encyclopedia Author
Episode 37
Published 9 months ago
Description
Travel back with us to Ancient Rome! Aarati tells the story of Pliny the Elder, who made it his mission to catalogue over 20,000 "scientific" facts, laying the framework for encyclopedias.
For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com.