English

English Bahasa Indonesia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Português Svenska Türkçe Русский العربية فارسی हिन्दी 한국어 中文日本語

File:Pliny_the_Younger_and_his_Mother_at_Misenum,_79_A.D.,_by_Angelica_Kauffmann,_English,_1785,_oil_on_canvas_-_Princeton_University_Art_Museum_-_DSC06494_(cropped).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ168707· pop 99· linked from 885 articles

Pliny the Younger

Also known as C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, the Younger Pliny, Gaius Caecilius Cilo

Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113)

OverviewAI-generated

Pliny the Younger was a Roman author who lived from 61 or 62 to 113 or 115. He is credited with 348 works, including *Briefe des jüngeren Plinius*, *C. Plini Caecili Secundi Epistularum libri novem*, *epistularum ad Traianum liber*, *Panegyricus*, *Des C. Plinius Cäcilius Secundus briefe*, *Select letters of Pliny the younger*, and *Slovo pokhvalʹnoe Imperatoru Trai︠a︡nu*.

The subject is associated with the Commons category "Plinius Minor" and has a creator page titled "Pliny the Younger." A separate musical group also uses the name Pliny The Younger, classified as a group from the United Kingdom with genres including chillout, electronic, psybient, psychill, and psytrance. This musical entity has 14 listeners and a playcount of 70.

Quotes attributed to the historical figure include "Quod dubites, ne feceris." Another quote, "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs," is noted as being said by Modestus of Regulus. The author is referenced by 885 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born: 61/62
Died: 113 or 115
Works: 348

Top works

Briefe des jüngeren Plinius
C. Plini Caecili Secundi Epistularum libri novem, epistularum ad Traianum liber, Panegyricus
Des C. Plinius Cäcilius Secundus briefe
Select letters of Pliny the younger
Slovo pokhvalʹnoe Imperatoru Trai︠a︡nu

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 2003

chilloutelectronicpsybientpsychillpsytrance

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 14
Total plays: 70

via Last.fm · Pliny The Younger

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

“Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs."”
“Meminimus quanto maiore animo honestatis fructus in conscientia quam in fama reponatur. Sequi enim gloria, non appeti debet.”
“Homines enim cum rem destruere non possunt, iactationem eius incessunt. Ita si silenda feceris, factum ipsum, si laudanda non sileas, ipse culparis.”
“There is nothing to write about, you say. Well, then, write and let me know just this,—that there is nothing to write about; or tell me in the good old style if you are well. That's right. I am quite well.”
“Quod dubites, ne feceris.”
“Quam peritus ille et privati iuris et publici! quantum rerum, quantum exemplorum, quantum antiquitatis tenet! Nihil est quod discere velis quod ille docere non possit; mihi certe quotiens aliquid abditum quaero, ille thesaurus est.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Como
Place of death: Bithynia et Pontus
Spouse: Calpurnia
Father: Pliny the Elder
Occupation: civil servant
Languages spoken: Latin
Notable work: Epistulae by Pliny the Younger
Student of: Lucius Verginius Rufus
Image: Plinio il Giovane.jpg
Work location: Ancient Rome
Residence: Villa Commedia

Show 12 more facts

significant place: Villa Commedia
Commons category: Plinius Minor
date of birth: 0062-00-00
date of death: 0113-01-01
relative: Pliny the Elder
writing language: Latin
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
praenomen: Gaius
owner of: Villa Commedia
P13311: 1502
Commons Creator page: Pliny the Younger
P12749: DNB Bank

Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Pliny the Younger, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Oeuvres : contenant les Lettres de Pline le Jeune, le Panegyrique de Trajan par le même Pline, et le Traité de l'amitié

C. Plinii Caec. Sec. Epist. lib. IX, eiusdlem & Traiani imp. epist. amoebaeae, eiusdem Pl. et Pacati, Mamertini, Nazarii panegyrici, item, Claudiani Panegyrici adiunctae sunt Isaaci Casauboni notae in epist. ..

Panegyricus Traiano imperatori dictus

Epistolae

C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolæ Et Panegyricus : Accedunt Alii Panegyrici Veteres Praemittitur Notitia Literaria Studiis Societatis Bipontinæ, [1]

Epistolae

Epistole

C. Plinii Caecilii Secvndi Epistolae Et Panegyricvs : Recensuit ac nouis Commentariis illustrauit, etiam Indicibvs Plenioribvs tam Rerum, quam Latinitatis & Tabuliis Geographicis

Caius Plinius Cäcilius Secundus, des Jüngern Werke, 1. Briefe

C. Plinii iunioris flores ex epistolis eius

Caius Plinius Cäcilius Secundus, des Jüngern Werke, 4. Briefe

Iusti Lipsi[i] Dissertativncvla Apvd Principes : item C. Plini[i] Panegyricvs Liber Traiano Dictvs, Cum eiusdem Lipsi[i] perpetuo Commentario

Epistolarum libri X

C. Plinii secvndi ivnioris liber illvstrivm virorvm. C.Plinij Secundi Iunioris Vita per Angelum Tiphernatem. C. Svetonii tranqvilli de grammaticis et rhetoribvs claris libellvs. Ex Castigatione Philippi Beroaldi.

Centuria Epistolarvm Illvstrissimi Principis Ioannis II. Dvcis Saxoniae, Landgrauij Thuringiae, Marchionis Misniae, Ad Nobile Contvbernivm Svvm Literarivm

Plinii Secundi Epistolam XCVII. Lib. X. Edidit Ac Commilitones Suos Ad Lectiones In Illam Instituendas

C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolæ Et Panegyricus : Accedunt Alii Panegyrici Veteres Praemittitur Notitia Literaria Studiis Societatis Bipontinæ, Volumen Secundum

Panegyricus

Epistulae

C. Plinii Secvndi Novocomensis Epistolarum libri Decem : in quibus multae habentur epistolae non ante impressae. Tum Graeca correcta, & suis locis restituta, atq[ue] reiectis adulterinis, vera reposita. Item fragmentatae epistolae, integrae factae ...

C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolarum libri decem et Panegyricus : ad optimorum librorum fidem accurate editi

The Letters of Pliny the Younger : With Observations on each Letter; And an Essay on Pliny's Life, Addressed to Charles Lord Boyle, 2. (1751)

C. Plinii Caecilii Secvndi Epistolae Et Panegyricvs

Epistolae et panegyricus

C. Plinij Cecilij Secundi Breves aliquot epistole et selectiores diligentissime : ad exemplar Aldi recognite, ac emendate

Ad Traianum Epistolae 46 ...

Les Lettres, 1. (1721)

Epistolarum libri X

C. Plinii Caecilii Secvndi Plinius Panegyricvs Caesari Imp. Nervae Traiano Avg. Dictvs : Qvem Ex XII Condicibvs Mss. Librisqve Collatis Recensvit Ac Notis Obervationibvsqve Item Et Nvmmis Aere Exscriptis Illvstravit Simvlqve Adiectis Integris Pariter Atqve Excerptis Virorvm Ervditorvm

Die Briefe des jüngern Plinius : nebst dessen Lobrede auf den Kaiser Trajanus, Th. 1

C. Plini Caecili Secundi Epistularum libri novem

Opera, quae supersunt omnia, 1. (1751)

Les Lettres De Pline Le Jeune, 2

Plinii Epistolarum libri decem et panegyricus, 2

Panégyrique de Trajan : Pline le jeune. Traduction nouvelle, par J. L. Burnouf

Panégyrique De Trajan

~17 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo; 61 – c. 113), better known in English as Pliny the Younger (/ˈplɪni/ PLIN-ee), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him.

Pliny the Younger wrote 369 letters, of which 247 survived, and which are of some historical value. These include 121 official letters addressed to Emperor Trajan (reigned 98–117). Some are addressed to reigning emperors or to notables such as the historian Tacitus. Pliny served as an imperial magistrate under Trajan, and his letters to Trajan provide one of the few surviving records of the relationship between the imperial office and provincial governors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pliny the Younger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Pliny the Younger