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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus	1
Plinius	1
Plinius Minor	1
Pliny the Younger of Comum	1
Pliny the Younger’s letters	1

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 (10)

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

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

Trajan → associatedWith → Pliny the Younger ⓘ

Suetonius → contemporaryOf → Pliny the Younger ⓘ

Suetonius → correspondedWith → Pliny the Younger ⓘ

Trajan → correspondence → 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

Misenum → mentionedIn → Pliny the Younger ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pliny the Younger’s letters