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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 AD — ca. 112 AD), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him and they were both witnesses to the eruption of Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD.

"You would have heard the wails of women, the shrieks of infants, shouts of men; some were seeking parents with their voices, others children, others spouses, and by their voices they were recognizing them; some were pitying their own misfortune, others the misfortune of their families; there were those who - due to the fear of death - were praying for death; many raised their hands toward the gods, more were concluding that there were no gods anywhere, and that this was the perpetual and final night for the world."

— Pliny the Younger, Letters, 16.20.14-15

Pliny is known for his hundreds of surviving letters, which are an invaluable historical source for the period. Many are addressed to reigning emperors or to notables such as the historian, Tacitus. Pliny himself was a notable figure, serving as an imperial magistrate under Trajan (reigned AD 98–117).Pliny was considered an honest and moderate man and rose through a series of Imperial civil and military offices, the cursus honorum (see below). He was a friend of the historian Tacitus and employed the biographer Suetonius in his staff. Pliny also came into contact with many other well-known men of the period, including the philosophers Artemidorus and Euphrates during his time in Syria.

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Total Books: 36
C Plini Secundi Epistulae Selectae Selected Letters of Pliny
C Plini Secundi Epistulae Selectae Selected Letters of Pliny (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781110784356
ISBN-10: 111078435X
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Complete Letters
Complete Letters [Oxford World's Classics] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780192806581
ISBN-10: 0192806580
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction, Reference, Politics & Social Sciences
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Epistulae Briefe
Epistulae Briefe [DTV zweisprachig - German Edition] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9783423091947
ISBN-10: 3423091940
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Fifty Letters of Pliny
Fifty Letters of Pliny (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780199120109
ISBN-10: 0199120102
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Letters BksIVII v 1
Letters Bksivii V 1 [Loeb Classical Library] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780434990559
ISBN-10: 0434990558
Genres: Reference, Nonfiction
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Letters II Books 810 Panegyricus
Letters II Books 810 Panegyricus [Loeb Classical Library] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780674990661
ISBN-10: 0674990668
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction, Reference
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Letters
Letters [Loeb Classical Library] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780434990597
ISBN-10: 0434990590
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The Letters of Pliny the Younger
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781434626011
ISBN-10: 1434626016
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The Letters of the Younger Pliny
The Letters of the Younger Pliny (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780140441277
ISBN-10: 0140441271
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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The Letters of the Younger Pliny First Series Volume 1
The Letters of the Younger Pliny First Series Volume 1 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781428027343
ISBN-10: 1428027343
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Lettres De Pline Le Jeune V3
Lettres De Pline Le Jeune V3 [1829 - French Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781104264147
ISBN-10: 1104264145
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Plinivs Minor
Plinivs Minor (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783598716577
ISBN-10: 3598716575
Genres: History, Nonfiction
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Pliny Letters and Panegyricus
Pliny Letters and Panegyricus [Loeb Classical Library, Vol 55] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780674990616
ISBN-10: 0674990617
Genre: History
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Pliny the Younger 'Epistles' Book II
Pliny the Younger 'epistles' Book II [Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780521187275
ISBN-10: 0521187273
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction
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Select Letters Latin Text with English Notes Edited by AJ Church and WJ Brodribb
Select letters of Pliny the younger
Select Letters of Pliny the Younger (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780217989589
ISBN-10: 0217989586
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Selected Letters
Selected Letters (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780198317555
ISBN-10: 0198317557
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The Selected Letters of Pliny
The Selected Letters of Pliny (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781420934588
ISBN-10: 1420934589
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