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It may be a while before we see Pliny the Elder's 'home is where the heart is' quote replaced by something a little more practical, but we need to be edging towards that goal.

A modular solution to the North East housing crisis; It's well documented that the UK is in the grip of a housing crisis, with demand for homes far outstripping supply. The question is what's being done to try to tackle it? Part of the answer may lie in a truly unique project taking place in the North East, as MARK HENDERSON, of Home Group, explains

Dioscorides recommended it for tumours and mad-dog bites, while Pliny the Elder, used it to treat pustules, bleeding and inflammations.

Plant of the week: One of the most versatile herbal medicines

This will help to explain why, two thousand years ago, the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder described the Al Baleed Ruins as one of the richest archaeological sites in the world.

Make the most of four days in Dhofar during Khareef

An historical survey sets the context for Latin selections drawn from seventeen authors (Agricola, Alberti, Alhazen, Bacon, Copernicus, de Soto, Euclid, Faventinus, Galvani, Harvey, Isidore of Seville, Kepler, Leibniz, Libavius, Maimonides, Newton, Oresme, Pliny the Elder, Seneca, Vitruvius) who wrote in Latin and three whose works were translated into Latin.

The Latin of Science

It was compiled in Latin by Roman scholar, Pliny the Elder, who lived from 23--79 CE.

Step back in time at the House of Knowledge

Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote whole chapter about the benefits of clay in his The Natural History, including treating blackheads and acne.

CLAY CLEANS UP DOWN THE AGES

Pliny the Elder wrote a chapter about the benefits of clay in The Natural History, including treating blackheads and acne.

In use since the Romans, clay remains one of the best skincare treatments

For four centuries after the Roman legions of Lucullus and Pompey arrived, the Mesopotamian Borderland remained one of the most important stages for imperial interaction in the Roman world, says Cameron, the stage on which imperial power was compelled to be manifest by the ever-present threat of the Persian "Other." Considering first tradition and narrative, then movement and power, he discusses such matters as Strabo's sources, Hellenistic knowledge, Ammianus Marcellinus, Pliny the Elder, arranging people, desert routes, representing Mesopotamian trade, Roman power in the Borderland, and globalization and networks in the Mesopotamian Borderland.

Making Mesopotamia: Geography and Empire in a Romano-Iranian Borderland

In fact, Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder wrote that the turnip was one of the most important vegetables of his day.

Turn Up For Turnips!

Anne Charpentier, lecturer at the University of Montpellier and co-author in the study, said, "We can finally understand a 1st-Century description by the famous Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder, of killer whales attacking whales and their new-born calves in the Cadiz bay.

Ancient bones from Roman archaeological sites reveal two whale species lost from Mediterranean Sea

The Latin name Orcinus orca can be translated "demon from hell." As far back as 79 CE, Pliny the Elder described the orca as "an enormous mass of flesh armed with teeth."

Orca; How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator

He waited with his mother as his uncle, the Roman admiral Pliny the Elder, crossed the bay in an attempt to help the people of Pompeii.

POMPEII'S SECRETS: Scientists are discovering how people lived and died in the ancient Roman city that was buried for centuries under the ash of Mount Vesuvius