Pliny the Younger

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Pliny the Younger was a Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate best known for his surviving letters, which provide a vivid picture of Roman administrative life and include eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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instanceOf Roman author ⓘ
Roman lawyer ⓘ
Roman magistrate ⓘ
consul of the Roman Empire ⓘ
epistolographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
senator of the Roman Empire ⓘ
adoptedBy Pliny the Elder ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Plinius Minor ⓘ
linked to: Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Pliny the Younger of Comum ⓘ
linked to: Pliny the Younger
birthName Gaius Caecilius ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
correspondent Emperor Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Trajan

Tacitus ⓘ
culture Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
dateOfBirth c. 61 CE ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 113 CE ⓘ
educatedBy Quintilian ⓘ
eyewitnessTo eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE ⓘ
familyName Plinius ⓘ
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fullName Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus ⓘ
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genre biographical writing ⓘ
letter ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
givenName Gaius ⓘ
influenced later historians of Roman society ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
notableWork Epistulae ⓘ
Letters to Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Epistulae
notedFor eyewitness accounts of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ⓘ
vivid descriptions of daily life in the Roman Empire ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
magistrate ⓘ
orator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Comum ⓘ
Roman Italy ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bithynia et Pontus ⓘ
linked to: Bithynia
positionHeld Roman senator ⓘ
governor of Bithynia et Pontus ⓘ
suffect consul ⓘ
religiousTopicAddressed early Christians in Bithynia ⓘ
spouse Calpurnia ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
uncle Pliny the Elder ⓘ
wroteAbout Roman provincial administration ⓘ
legal practice in the Roman Empire ⓘ
social life of Roman elite ⓘ

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Trajan → correspondence → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Misenum → mentionedIn → Pliny the Younger’s letters ⓘ
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Suetonius → contemporaryOf → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Suetonius → correspondedWith → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Pliny the Younger → familyName → Plinius ⓘ
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Pliny the Younger → fullName → Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus ⓘ
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Pliny the Younger → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Pliny the Younger → alsoKnownAs → Plinius Minor ⓘ
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Pliny the Younger → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger of Comum ⓘ
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Pliny the Elder → relative → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Pliny the Elder → uncleOf → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Stabiae → mentionedBy → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Imperial court of Trajan → hasMember → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Gaius Caecilius → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Gaius Caecilius → alsoKnownAs → Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus ⓘ
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Epistulae → author → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Calpurnia → spouse → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
early Christians in Bithynia → knownFrom → Pliny the Younger’s letters ⓘ
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early Christians in Bithynia → investigatedBy → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
early Christians in Bithynia → governor → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
subject linked to: Gaius
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus → alsoKnownAs → Gaius Pliny the Younger ⓘ
subject linked to: Gaius
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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus → nomen → Plinius ⓘ
subject linked to: Gaius
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Gaius → nameOf → Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus ⓘ
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Κόμανα Ποντική → mentionedBy → Πλίνιος ο Πρεσβύτερος ⓘ
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Nicomedeia → mentionedBy → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Gaius → hasNotableBearer → Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus ⓘ
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Silius Italicus → praisedBy → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Pliny Fisk → givenName → Pliny ⓘ
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