who is pliny the younger?

Question

i have papers that say he wrote down what happened when mt. vesuvius erupted but i need to know more....

Answer 1

Son of Pliny the Elder.
was a lawyer, a remarkable writer, an author and a natural philosopher of Ancient Rome.

Especially noteworthy among the letters are two (6.16; 6.20) in which he describes the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in August of 79, during which his uncle, Pliny the Elder died, and one (10.96) in which he asks the Emperor for instructions over the policy to follow with the Christians. Pliny's attention to detail in the letters about Vesuvius is so keen that vulcanologists today describe that type of eruption as a Plinian.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Younger

Answer 2

Pliny the Younger (1)

Renaissance statue of Pliny the Younger. Duomo of Como (Italy).
Renaissance statue of
Pliny the Younger (Como; ©!!!)
Pliny the Younger or Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (62-c.115): Roman senator, nephew of Pliny the Elder, governor of Bithynia-Pontus (109-111), author of a famous collection of letters.

The Roman senator Pliny the Younger is one of the few people from Antiquity who is more to us than just a name. We possess a long inscription which mentions his entire career, one or two of his houses have been discovered, and -more importantly- we can still read many of his letters. They are often very entertaining: he tells a ghost story, gives accounts of lawsuits, guides us through his houses, describes the friendship of a boy and a dolphin, informs us about the persecution of Christians, tells about the eruption of the Vesuvius. But we can also read his correspondence with the emperor Trajan. With the senator Cicero and the father of the church Augustine, Pliny is the best-known of all Romans.

In this article, we will first describe his career, and then focus on his governorship of Bithynia-Pontus (109-111), where he was some sort of interim-manager who had to settle a troubled province. His opinions and world view will be discussed passingly - you can better read his letters.

Answer 3

Pliny the Younger or Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (62-c.115): Roman senator, nephew of Pliny the Elder, governor of Bithynia-Pontus (109-111), author of a famous collection of letters.

Check out this link for loads more :

http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/pliny/pliny_y.htm

Answer 4

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus . He was a Roman senator, and cousin or nephew to Pliny the Elder. He was also a talented orator. We know quite a bit about him because of his writings. His letters to Trajan are many, and very well known.