Full Name: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Born Name: Gaius Caecilius Cilo
Known AS: Pliny the Younger

Father Name: Lucius Caecilius Cilo
Mother Name: Plinia Marcella
Wife: (dau. of Veccius Proculus)
Wife: (dau. of Pompeia Celerina)
Wife: Calpurnia (dau. of Calpurnius, m. 100 AD)

Date of Birth: ca. 61 AD
Birth Place: Como, Italy

Date of Death: ca. 112 AD
Death Place: Bithynia, Roman region
Cause of Death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Politician and Author
Nationality: Ancient Rome
Author of Book: Complete Letters.

Pliny the Younger (ca. 61 - ca. 112) was an author, lawyer administrator and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny was a great letter writer. He wrote hundreds of letters, many of which still survive and offer intimate glimpses into public and private life during the Roman Empire.

Early Life: Pliny the Younger was born in ca. 61 AD in Como (A city in Italy). Unfortunately, he lost his father soon and was adopted by his uncle Pliny the Elder. After being first tutored at home, Pliny moved to Rome where he was taught by Quintilian with Tacitus, the city's first professor of rhetoric. In 79 AD, Pliny the Elder died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. As a result, Pliny the Younger inherited the estate of his uncle. In the 80s, he worked as an officer of the noble order of knights.

Personal Life: Pliny the Younger married 3 times. 1st about 18, he married a stepdaughter of Veccius Proculus. He became a widower at age 37 and married secondly to the daughter of Pompeia Celerina. At last, he married Calpurnia, the daughter of Calpurnius.

Later Life & Death: In 91 AD, Pliny the Younger became Tribune of the People and became Praetor in 93 AD. From 94 to 96 AD, he served as prefect of the military treasury and from 98 to 100 AD, as prefect of the treasury of Saturn. In 100 AD, he was appointed consul. In 103 AD, Pliny the Younger publicly elected Augur. From 104 to 107, he became a member of Trajan's judicial council three times. In 110 AD, Emperor Trajan appointed him Governor of Bithynia. Pliny the Younger died in ca. 112 AD in Bithynia, the Roman region.