Pliny the Elder’s Natural History

Target entity: Pliny the Elder’s Natural History
Context triple: [Agorakritos, notedIn, Pliny the Elder’s Natural History]

• A. De rerum natura
  De rerum natura is a didactic Latin poem by Lucretius that expounds Epicurean philosophy and atomistic physics to explain the nature of the universe and dispel fear of gods and death.
• B. Historia Naturalis Palmarum
  Historia Naturalis Palmarum is a foundational 19th-century botanical monograph that systematically documents and illustrates the diversity, morphology, and geography of palm species worldwide.
• C. Vitruvius Scoticus
  Vitruvius Scoticus is an influential 18th-century architectural pattern book that showcases William Adam’s designs and helped shape the development of Scottish classical architecture.
• D. De vita libri tres
  De vita libri tres is a 15th-century philosophical and medical treatise by Marsilio Ficino that explores the care of the scholar’s body and soul through astrology, humoral theory, and Neoplatonic thought.
• E. Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
  Rerum vulgarium fragmenta is a seminal 14th-century Italian lyric poetry collection by Petrarch that helped shape the development of Renaissance humanism and the European sonnet tradition.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Pliny the Elder’s Natural History
Target entity description: Pliny the Elder’s *Natural History* is a vast first-century Roman encyclopedia that compiles contemporary knowledge on subjects ranging from geography and zoology to art and mineralogy.

• A. De rerum natura
  De rerum natura is a didactic Latin poem by Lucretius that expounds Epicurean philosophy and atomistic physics to explain the nature of the universe and dispel fear of gods and death.
• B. Historia Naturalis Palmarum
  Historia Naturalis Palmarum is a foundational 19th-century botanical monograph that systematically documents and illustrates the diversity, morphology, and geography of palm species worldwide.
• C. Vitruvius Scoticus
  Vitruvius Scoticus is an influential 18th-century architectural pattern book that showcases William Adam’s designs and helped shape the development of Scottish classical architecture.
• D. De vita libri tres
  De vita libri tres is a 15th-century philosophical and medical treatise by Marsilio Ficino that explores the care of the scholar’s body and soul through astrology, humoral theory, and Neoplatonic thought.
• E. Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
  Rerum vulgarium fragmenta is a seminal 14th-century Italian lyric poetry collection by Petrarch that helped shape the development of Renaissance humanism and the European sonnet tradition.
• F. None of above. chosen