Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113). Pliny the Younger was born in 61 CE in what is now Italy. Pliny the Younger is remembered as a writer, politician and poet, a citizen of Ancient Rome. Notable works include “Epistulae by Pliny the Younger”. Positions held included ancient Roman senator and quaestor Augusti.
Before and after
- 24 October 51 CEBirth of Domitian
- 18 September 53 CEBirth of Trajan
- 55 CEBirth of Tacitus
- from 58 CE to 63 CERoman–Parthian War of 58–63
- 61 CEBirth of Pliny the Younger
- c. 63 CEEruption of Churchill
- 64 CEOrigins of Domus Aurea
- from 19 July 64 CE to 26 July 64 CEGreat Fire of Rome
- 65 CEDeath of Saint Peter
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