Pliny (n.)

  1. Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)

    [ Syn: pliny , pliny the younger , gaius plinius caecilius secundus ]

  2. Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)

    [ Syn: pliny , pliny the elder , gaius plinius secundus ]

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