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Pliny the Younger
Sign in to saveAlso known as C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, the Younger Pliny, Gaius Caecilius Cilo
Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113)
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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.
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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
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- 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
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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]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10315394_00007%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
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](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10159027_00017%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
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 ...](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10981772_00005%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
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.
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