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

synonyms: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Pliny the Younger.

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

synonyms: Gaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder.