Pliny, n.
Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
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Gaius Plinius Secundus Pliny Pliny the Elder
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Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Pliny Pliny the Younger
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