Talk:Natural History (Pliny)
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[edit] Naturalis Historia?
Ah yes, Naturalis Historia to be sure. Luckily for us simple folks, Pliny's Natural History still redirects here. The illustrated title page gives a title of Naturalis Historiǣ. Perhaps accuracy is not the main thing. --Wetman 23:13, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
- The title on that particular title page is in the genitive case: it means "The first volume of the Natural History of C. Plinius Secundus". So there's no inaccuracy. However, the Wikipedia rule is to choose the form most commonly used by simple (and other) folks in English, isn't it? "Natural History", therefore. Andrew Dalby 21:09, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Requested move
Naturalis Historia → Natural History (Pliny) – Natural History is the most common title for this work in English: see [1] and [2]. Natural History (Pliny) currently redirects to Naturalis Historia, the result of a recent page move. --Akhilleus (talk) 22:10, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Survey
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- Support. As I said above, Wikipedia prefers the name most commonly used in English. Andrew Dalby 01:07, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion
Add any additional comments --Akhilleus (talk) 22:10, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
