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	The Younger Pliny - LoveToKnow 1911
		When the Elder Pliny was summoned to Rome by Vespasian in A.D. 72, he was probably accompanied by his nephew, who there went through the usual course of education in Roman literature and in Greek, and at the age of fourteen composed a."Greek tragedy" (vii.
		After the accession of Trajan in the same year, Pliny was associated with Tacitus in the impeachment of Marius Priscus for his maladministration of the province of Africa (ii.
		Pliny also asks for a decision on the status and maintenance of deserted children (65), and on the custom of distributing public doles on the occasion of interesting events in the life of a private citizen.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /The_Younger_Pliny (3325 words)

	Pliny the Elder, Pliny The Younger - Crystalinks
		Pliny was a Roman senator and the commander of the imperial fleet at the naval base of Misenum.
		Pliny's nephew, whom we know as Pliny the Younger, was with him at Misenum, but did not venture out on the ships with his uncle.
		Pliny the Younger states that several earth tremors were felt at the time of the eruption and were followed by a very violent shaking of the ground.
	www.crystalinks.com /pliny.html (2711 words)

	Pliny the Younger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Como, Italy, Pliny the Younger was the nephew of Pliny the Elder, who is considered by many to be the greatest naturalist of antiquity.
		As a litterateur, Pliny started writing at the age of fourteen, with a tragedy in Greek, and in the course of his life he wrote a quantity of poetry, most of which was lost despite the great affection he had for it.
		Pliny the Younger states that several earth tremors were felt at the time of the eruption and were followed by a very violent shaking of the ground.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pliny_the_Younger (1193 words)

	Pliny the Younger - MSN Encarta
		Pliny was distinguished both for his literary accomplishments and for his oratorical ability.
		Pliny himself collected and published nine books of Epistulae (Letters), and a tenth book, containing his official correspondence as governor of Bithynia with the emperor Trajan, was published after his death.
		Pliny himself appears in the letters as a genial philanthropist, devoted to literary pursuits and to improving his estates by architectural adornment.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579269/Pliny_the_Younger.html (429 words)

	BBC - History - Pliny the Younger (c.61 AD - c.112 AD)
		Pliny the Younger was a Roman official and writer, famous for his letters which are an important source for Roman history.
		Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, known as Pliny the Younger, was the son of a landowner from Comum in northern Italy.
		Pliny travelled to Rome for the later stages of his education, and later enjoyed a successful career in law and government.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/pliny_the_younger.shtml (343 words)

	Wikinfo \| Pliny the Younger
		Pliny was orphaned at an early age had Virginius Rufus (an important man and general in the Roman army) as his tutor.
		As a litterateur, Pliny started writing at the age of 14, with a tragedy in Greek, and in the course of his life he wrote a quantity of poetry, most of which was lost despite the great affection he had for it.
		So as the Letters begin, Pliny the Younger is telling Tacitus that the following words are meant to be used as an accurate history of the death of Pliny the Elder and of the eruption itself (which destroyed Herculaneum, Stabiae and Pompeii).
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Pliny_the_Younger (1174 words)

	Pliny the Younger
		With the senator Cicero and the father of the church Augustine, Pliny is the best-known of all Romans.
		Pliny had to study rhetoric, because was essential to be able to speak in public.
		Fragment of the inscription of Pliny the Younger.
	www.livius.org /pi-pm/pliny/pliny_y.htm (1689 words)

	Medieval Bestiary : Pliny the Elder
		Gaius Plinius Secondus, called Pliny the Elder to distinguish him from his nephew, known as Pliny the Younger, was born in 23 CE in Como (Northern Italy).
		In 79 CE Pliny was killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which he had come to study.
		Pliny's work habits are described in a letter by the younger Pliny (Epistles 3.v): "...he possessed a keen intellect; he had a marvellous capacity for work, and his powers of application were enormous.
	bestiary.ca /prisources/psdetail529.htm (903 words)

	Pliny the Younger on Pliny the Elder - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
		Pliny the Younger on Pliny the Elder - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
		Pliny the Younger, a 1st-century-ad Roman official and nephew to the prominent writer and encyclopedist Pliny the Elder, published several books of his own letters during his lifetime.
		In the following letter, Pliny the Younger provides a list of Pliny the Elder’s many scholarly works and shares some engaging stories about his uncle’s style of work.
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_762529737/Pliny_the_Younger_on_Pliny_the_Elder.html (1128 words)

	The Destruction of Pompeii, 79 AD
		This voice belongs to Pliny the Younger whose letters describe his experience during the eruption while he was staying in the home of his Uncle, Pliny the Elder.
		The elder Pliny was an official in the Roman Court, in charge of the fleet in the area of the Bay of Naples and a naturalist.
		Pliny the Younger's letters were discovered in the 16th century.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /pompeii.htm (1576 words)

	from jesus to christ: why did christianity succeed?: pliny's policy - execution
		Pliny is one of the most important aristocrats of his generation.
		So we have to imagine Pliny seated [as] a Roman magistrate all decked out in his finery, enthroned in the tribunal with his guards and his bailiffs and his courtiers around him, and before him stand these Christians and Pliny can't figure out who they are or why they're there and he has to ask.
		Still, Pliny's a little nervous about this situation even though he has taken legal action [in executing the Christians], he feels compelled to write to his friend the emperor and tell him what he's done because it's an unusual case.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/why/pliny.html (1105 words)

	Pliny the Elder (23-79) -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
		Pliny's works were widely plagiarized by later encyclopedists, despite the fact that his compilation was rather undiscriminating and tended to emphasize the curious.
		Much information covering Pliny the Elder came from his nephew and adopted son, the writer Pliny the Younger (62-113), including the story of his death: Pliny's last assignment was that of commander of the fleet in the Bay of Naples.
		Learning of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (which was responsible for the burying of Pompeii), Pliny went ashore to ascertain the cause and to reassure the terrified citizens.
	scienceworld.wolfram.com /biography/PlinytheElder.html (445 words)

	The Spectator.co.uk
		Pliny was visiting his native town of Comum (modern Como) when he found out that the young son of a fellow citizen was being taught not locally but in faraway Mediolanum (Milan) — and he was not the only one.
		Baffled, Pliny remonstrated with the fathers for not raising their children in their native town where they belonged, adding that at home they could also be guaranteed to be properly brought up.
		Pliny then adds a fascinating coda, saying that he would in fact be willing to promise the whole amount, only he was afraid that the authorities might then take over and abuse his generosity ‘as I have seen in many places where teachers’ salaries are paid from public funds’.
	www.lewrockwell.com /spectator/spec240.html (351 words)

	Biographies: Pliny the Younger
		aius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Pliny the Younger, was born into a wealthy family and adopted by his uncle, Pliny the Elder.
		Pliny also left a detailed picture of the amateur literary world with its custom of reciting works to seek critical revision from friends.
		Pliny published his forensic and literary speeches with care, and late in life wrote light verse in the style of Martial.
	intranet.grundel.nl /thinkquest/bio_pliny_young.html (314 words)

	Pliny the Younger - History for Kids!
		Pliny the Younger was the nephew of Pliny the Elder, and was visiting his uncle at Pompeii when his uncle died in the eruption.
		Pliny the Younger, however, did not die, and has left us the only eye-witness account of what the eruption was like.
		Trajan sent Pliny to be the governor of Bithynia (on the Black Sea) in 117 AD, where he had to run the province and make sure there were no revolts and everyone paid their taxes.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/romans/literature/youngerpliny.htm (270 words)

	Harvard University Press: Letters, II : Books 8-10. Panegyricus by Pliny the Younger
		Pliny started his career at the Roman bar at the age of eighteen.
		Pliny's Letters are important as a social document of his times.
		Pliny has a gift for description and a versatile prose style, and more than any of his contemporaries he gives an unprejudiced picture of Rome as he knew it.
	www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/L059.html (330 words)

	Pliny the Younger
		Pliny was a great letter writer and corresponded with historians such as Tacitus and Suetonius.
		Pliny the Elder was commander of the Misenum naval base and died while trying to rescue people living in the Bay of Naples during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79.
		As he (Pliny the Elder) was leaving the house he was handed a message from Rectina, wife of Cascus, whose house was at the foot of the mountain...
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /ROMplinyY.htm (1005 words)

	Pliny the Younger's Character as Revealed through his Letters
		Pliny the Younger's Character as Revealed through his Letters is coordinated to my introductory text, Latin Alive and Well (L.A.W.), though any comprehensive introductory text that covers Latin grammar through the most common subjunctive usages will provide an adequate background.
		I have chosen the correspondence of Pliny the Younger because it is interesting, personal, covers various subjects, and, gives an overview by example of the societal duties of a model aristocratic citizen.
		Pliny the Younger’s Character as Revealed through his Letters is in Word format; it is 86 pages in length.
	faculty-staff.ou.edu /C/Peggy.L.Chambers-1/pliny.html (234 words)

	Classics 219: The Roman Empire: Pliny, Letters
		Your letter, my dear Pliny, was extremely acceptable, as it informed me of the zeal and affection with which you, together with the army and the provincials, solemnized the day of my accession to the empire.
		I agree with you, my dear Pliny, that there seems to be no other method of facilitating the placing out of the public money, than by lowering the interest; the rate of which you will determine according to the number of borrowers.
		The method you have pursued, my dear Pliny, in the proceedings against those Christians which were brought before you, is extremely proper; as it is not possible to lay down any fixed rule by which to act in all cases of this nature.
	www.princeton.edu /~champlin/cla219/219pliny.htm (11316 words)

	Pliny the Elder
		We do not know much about his family, except for the fact that he had a sister, and that his father was wealthy enough to be a member of the equestrian class, which means that he possessed at least 400,000 sesterces (100,000 normal day wages).
		Pliny, however, developed a liking of the military, and was soon promoted to prefect of a cavalry unit.
		Pliny seems to have stayed in the Rhine army for some time, because in 50/51, he took part in the campaign against the Chatti, a tribe that lived opposite Mainz.
	www.livius.org /pi-pm/pliny/pliny_e.html (1217 words)

	The Ecole Glossary
		Pliny the Younger (c 61-113 CE) was an accomplished Roman orator, letter writer, and public official.
		He was adopted by his uncle, Pliny the Elder, at which time he took the name of Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus.
		Letter 96 was written to the Emperor Trajan and concerned the question of how Pliny should treat those who were known to be Christians and were, therefore, members of a secret society, an act prohibited by imperial edict.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/pliny.html (211 words)

	THE YOUNGER PLINY - Online Information article about THE YOUNGER PLINY
		Vesuvius, it was the sister of the Elder and the mother of the Younger Pliny who first descried the signs of the approaching visitation, and, some twenty-seven years later, it was the Younger Pliny who wrote a graphic See also:
		He inferred that all the nine books were published simultaneously; and he also held that Pliny was governor of Bithynia in A.D.
		On reaching the province, Pliny celebrates the emperor's birth-day, and proceeds to examine the finances of Prusa.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PIG_POL/PLINY_THE_YOUNGER.html (4676 words)

	Pliny the Younger on Christians: A Roman Governor on Killing Christians
		It seems that Pliny didn't quite have the stomach to kill all those accused of being Christians, and wanted to know if his new policy of leniency was acceptable.
		Pliny wrote that the Christians in his province "were in the habit of meeting on certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verse a hymn to Christ as to a god, and bound themselves to a solemn oath, not to do any wicked deeds..."
		For one, Pliny confirms that there were Christians who believed Christ to be "as a god" as early as AD 112.
	protestantism.suite101.com /blog.cfm/pliny_the_younger_on_christians (442 words)

	mount vesuvius
		In terms of the age of a volcano, Pliny the Younger's writings are really very recent.
		The uncle of Pliny the Younger, known as Pliny the Elder, was a commander of a fleet of war ships at Misenum (see map).
		Later, Pliny the Younger and his mother leave Misenam to escape from the approaching volcanic conflagration.
	www.cotf.edu /ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuvius.html (1168 words)

	Birmingham Museum of Art: Pompeii Exhibition
		Among the most famous of these letters is correspondence describing the eruption of Vesuvius and the heroic actions of his uncle, the famous natural historian Pliny the Elder (23 – 79 AD), as witnessed by the then-teenaged Pliny the Younger from his home in Misenum, directly across the Bay of Naples from Vesuvius.
		In letters written to his friend Tacitus, also an historian, the younger Pliny describes the sequence of events leading up to the cataclysmic eruption.
		Pliny the Younger wrote that on the 24th of August, his uncle “climbed up to a place which would give him the best view of the phenomenon.
	www.pompeiibirmingham.com /tales/letters.html (211 words)

	Pliny. Christ Myth Refuted. Did Jesus Exist? A Christian Response
		Pliny the Younger (62?-c.113) was Governor of Bithynia.
		And as Pliny opens the letter, it is clear as he says himself that he has never been involved in trials or investigations of Christians, and in the closing he explains where he learned about the cult: the ex-Christian witnesses explained it, and the tortured deaconesses completed his source of information.
		Actually, once we look at these words in their context, we find that they are not the words of a man with no prior knowledge of Christianity, but rather, the words of a man who is covering his butt in case he made a mistake.
	www.tektonics.org /jesusexist/pliny.html (3570 words)

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