Pliny the Younger
Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113)
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Pliny the Younger was a Roman lawyer, author, and government official who lived from 61 to around 113 CE and left behind detailed written accounts that provide valuable insights into daily life and politics during the Roman Empire. His surviving letters and speeches are important historical sources that help us understand how educated Romans thought, worked, and governed during this period.
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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.