Pliny+the+Younger

From Wikipedia: Pliny is known for his hundreds of surviving letters, which are an invaluable historical source for the period. Many are to reigning emperors or to notables such as the historian, [|Tacitus]. Pliny himslef was a notable, serving as an imperial magistrate under [|Trajan]. Pliny was considered an honest and moderate man and rose through a series of Imperial civil and military offices, the //[|cursus honorum]// (see below). He was a friend of the historian [|Tacitus] and employed the biographer [|Suetonius] in his staff. Pliny also came into contact with many other well-known men of the period, including the philosophers [|Artemidorus] and [|Euphrates] during his time in [|Syria].
 * Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus**, born **Gaius Caecilius** or **Gaius Caecilius Cilo** (Born: [|61] A.D. - Died: ca. [|112] A.D.), better known as**Pliny the Younger**, was a [|lawyer], [|author], and [|magistrate] of [|Ancient Rome]. Pliny's uncle, [|Pliny the Elder], helped raise and educate him and they were both witnesses to the eruption of [|Vesuvius] on August 24, 79 AD, the day of the elder's death.