" But even lying on the ground, it is a marvel" , said Pliny the Elder.

“但是即便在它倒塌在地时，仍不失是为一个奇观。”

Pliny the Elder argued eels rubbed themselves against rocks, and the subsequent scrapings came to life.

老普林尼则认为，鳗鱼会在岩石上摩擦自己，随后刮下的碎屑就有了生命。

In the year 77, Roman writer Pliny the Elder praised their superior quality.

公元77年，罗马作家老普林尼称赞其品质出众。

The historian Pliny the Elder alluded to a popular saying, about wine bringing out the truth.

历史学家老普林尼 (Pliny the Elder) 提到了一句流行的说法，即酒能揭示真相。

Why, in the name of Pliny the Elder, do we have to use Roman numerals like a bunch of Romans?

为什么，以老普林尼的名义， 我们必须像一群罗马人一样使用罗马数字？

Pliny the Elder praised an imposing sea wall made from the stuff as “impregnable to the waves and every day stronger.”

老普林尼 (Pliny the Elder) 称赞由这种材料制成的雄伟海堤“坚不可摧，而且一天比一天坚固” 。

Tacitus possibly spent  time here, as well as Pliny the Elder, who in the 70s AD was compiling his famous Natural History, one of the foremost encyclopaedias of knowledge compiled in Roman times.

塔西佗和老普林尼可能都曾在这里度过过一段时光，老普林尼在公元 70 年代正在编纂他著名的自然史，这是罗马时代编纂的最重要的知识百科全书之一。

In his book " Natural History, " the Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that, And in about 50 BC, a single pair of pigeons were sold for 400 denarii, almost twice the annual pay of a Roman foot soldier at the time.

罗马作家老普林尼在他的《自然历史》一书中写道，大约在公元前 50 年， 一对鸽子的售价为 400 迪纳里， 几乎是当时罗马步兵年薪的两倍。

Writing in 79 AD, the Roman author Pliny the Elder explained why the Yemenis were so rich