Noun
Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
Source: WordNetA statement by Pliny the Younger that his uncle was offered 400,000 sesterces for his manuscripts by Larcius Licinius while he (Pliny the Elder) was procurator of Hispania makes it the most certain of the three. Source: Internet
By playing on a motif of feigned reluctance to hold power, Trajan was able to start building a consensus around him in the Senate.sfn His belated ceremonial entry into Rome in 99 was notably low-key, something on which Pliny the Younger elaborated. Source: Internet
Pliny even furnished that secretary with gloves and long sleeves in winter so that his writing hand would not stiffen with cold, and he subsequently would be unable to take notes (as is detailed by Pliny the Younger in 'avunculus meus'). Source: Internet
He had a sister, Plinia, who married into the Caecilii and was the mother of his nephew, Pliny the Younger, whose letters describe his work and study regimen in detail. Source: Internet
He pointed to the commission of such crimes in the pagan world and then proved by the testimony of Pliny the Younger that Christians pledged themselves not to commit murder, adultery, or other crimes. Source: Internet
In the subsequent lines, Pliny the Younger mentions again how most of his uncle's day was spent working, reading, and writing. Source: Internet