Natural History by Pliny Book VI

Pliny the Elder, The Natural History

John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Ed. London, 1855.

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Wikified by Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Book VI looks eastwards to the Black Sea, India and the Far East. Some Chapters are produced below:

• Chapter 1 - The Euxine And The Maryandini.

• Chapter 2 - Paphlagonia.

• Chapter 3 - Cappadocia

• Chapter 4 - The region of Themiscyra, and the nations therein.

• Chapter 5 - The region of Colica, the nations of the Achæi, and other nations in the same parts.

• Chapter 6 - The Cimmerian Bosporus

• Chapter 7 - Lake Mieotis and the adjoining nations

• Chapter 8 - The situation of Cappadocia

• Chapter 9 - The Lesser and The Greater Armenia

• Chapter 10 - The Rivers Cyrus and Araxes

• Chapter 11 - Albania, Iberia, and The Adjoining Nations

• Chapter 12 - The passes of the Caucasus

• Chapter 13 - The Islands of the Euxine

• Chapter 14 - Nations in the vicinity of the Scythian Ocean

• Chapter 15 - The Caspian Sea and Hyrcanian Sea.

• Chapter 16 - Adiabene.

• Chapter 17 - Media and the Caspian Gates.

• Chapter 18 - Nations situated around the Hyrcanian Sea.

• Chapter 19 - The nations of Scythia and the countries on the eastern ocean

• Chapter 20 - The Seres

• Chapter 21 - The Nations of India

• Chapter 22 - The Ganges

• Chapter 23 - The Indus

• Chapter 24 - Taprobane

• Chapter 25 - The Ariani and the adjoining Nations

• Chapter 26 - Voyages to India.

• Chapter 27 - Carmania

• Chapter 28 - The Persian And The Arabian Gulfs.

• Chapter 29 - The Parthian Empire

• Chapter 30 - Mesopotamia

• Chapter 31 - The Tigris

• Chapter 32 - Arabia

• Chapter 33 - The Gulfs Of The Red Sea

• Chapter 34 - Troglodytice

• Chapter 35 - Ethiopia

• Chapter 36 - Islands of the Æthiopian Sea

• Chapter 37 - The Fortunate Islands

• Chapter 38 - The comparative distances of places on the face of the earth

• Chapter 39 - Division of the earth into parallels and shadows of equal length

See also

• Jat clans mentioned by Pliny