Pliny the Younger

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Roman author Roman lawyer Roman magistrate consul of the Roman Empire epistolographer human senator of the Roman Empire

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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Pliny the Younger canonical 17
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus 3
Plinius 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman author ⓘ
Roman lawyer ⓘ
Roman magistrate ⓘ
consul of the Roman Empire ⓘ
epistolographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
senator of the Roman Empire ⓘ
adoptedBy Pliny the Elder ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pliny the Younger ⓘ
surface form: Plinius Minor

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

Tacitus ⓘ
culture Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome
dateOfBirth c. 61 CE ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 113 CE ⓘ
educatedBy Quintilian ⓘ
eyewitnessTo eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE ⓘ
familyName Pliny the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plinius
fullName Pliny the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
genre biographical writing ⓘ
letter ⓘ
oratory ⓘ
givenName Gaius ⓘ
influenced later historians of Roman society ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
notableWork Epistulae ⓘ
Epistulae ⓘ
surface form: Letters to Trajan
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 ⓘ
Italia (Roman province) ⓘ
surface form: Roman Italy
placeOfDeath Bithynia ⓘ
surface form: Bithynia et Pontus
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trajan → associatedWith → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Trajan → correspondence → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Misenum → mentionedIn → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pliny the Younger’s letters
Suetonius → contemporaryOf → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Suetonius → correspondedWith → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Pliny the Younger → familyName → Pliny the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plinius
Pliny the Younger → fullName → Pliny the Younger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Pliny the Younger → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Pliny the Younger → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plinius Minor
Pliny the Younger → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pliny the Younger of Comum
Pliny the Elder → relative → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Pliny the Elder → uncleOf → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableAuthor → 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 → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Epistulae → author → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Calpurnia → spouse → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
early Christians in Bithynia → knownFrom → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pliny the Younger’s letters
early Christians in Bithynia → primarySourceAuthor → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
early Christians in Bithynia → investigatedBy → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
early Christians in Bithynia → governor → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
Gaius → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
subject surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Gaius → alsoKnownAs → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
subject surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
this entity surface form: Gaius Pliny the Younger
Gaius → nomen → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
subject surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
this entity surface form: Plinius
Gaius → nameOf → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Κόμανα Ποντική (Greek) → mentionedBy → Pliny the Younger ⓘ
subject surface form: Κόμανα Ποντική
this entity surface form: Πλίνιος ο Πρεσβύτερος