Plenny the Elder
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Plenny the Elder has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Feb 2026). Cited for the claim that Scipio was the first Roman to shave daily; refers to Pliny the Elder.
Gaius Plinius Secundus, known in English as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, scientist, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, procurator, and friend of Emperor Vespasian. Pliny wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia, a thirty-seven-volume work covering a vast array of topics on human knowledge and the natural world, which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. He spent most of his spare time studying, writing, and investigating natural and geographic phenom
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Feb 2026 on The Rest Is History |
| Role | Roman author and naturalist |
| Affiliation | Roman Empire |
Who talks about Plenny the Elder on podcasts?
Plenny the Elder came up; the most recent mention was Feb 2026 on The Rest Is History.