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He wrote of snakes that launch themselves skyward to catch high-flying birds.

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He wrote of snakes that launch themselves skyward to catch high-flying birds.

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The shores are occupied by oaks which have a vigorous growth rate, and these trees, when undermined by the waves or driven by blasts of wind, carry away vast islands of soil trapped in their roots. Thus balanced, the oak-trees float in an upright position, with the result that our fleets gave often been terrified by the 'wide rigging' of their huge branches when they have been driven by the waves - almost deliberately it would seem - against the bows of ships riding at anchor for the night; consequently, our ships have had no option but to fight a naval battle against trees!note

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Pliny was straight fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🙏🏼💪🏼

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He inherited all his 💵💵💵💴💴💵💸💰💰💸💰💸💰

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Gaius Plinius Secundus - or, to use his English name: Pliny - was born in 23 or 24 CE in Novum Comum (modern Como), a small city in the region known as Gallia Transpadana. We do not know much about his family, except for the fact that he had a sister, and that his father was wealthy enough to be a member of the equestrian class, which means that he possessed at least 400,000 sesterces.

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His uncle died when a volcano erupted cuz like woah  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
He adopted Plinuis woah

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cavalry officer in the Rhine army and had some literary pretensions.

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Born of the wealthy Caecilius family at Comum in northern Italy, Pliny the Younger, as he was later known, was probably given his early education by tutors at home and then sent to Rome to study. He inherited the full estate of his uncle Pliny the Elder at his death in 79 and at this time changed his name to Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus.

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His uncle died when he was 17  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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His dad was a rich roman knight

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He wrote a ghost story

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Pliny did not enjoy memes

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Pliny was married three times at the age of 18 #LEGEND

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he was a workaholic

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he had a love had a lot of marriages

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Pliny's entire family was famous cuz he was famous

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Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23 – August 25, AD 79), better known as Pliny the Elder (/ˈplɪni/), was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian.

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Law

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He wrote books

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and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian.

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Natural history

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Trajan

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Born | 61 AD
Como
Died | c. 113 AD (aged c. 52)
Bithynia

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Yes yes Pliny the elder hos uncle

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61/62 AD

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Pliny the Younger himself was famous

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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus

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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.

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http://www.ancient-literature.com/rome_pliny.html

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BBC - History - Historic Figures: Pliny the Younger (c.61 AD - c.112 AD)

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Pliny the Younger: Pliny the Younger, Roman author and administrator who left a collection of private letters of great literary charm, intimately illustrating public and private life in the heyday of the Roman Empire.

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Did Pliny have any famous family members?

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Did Pliny have any famous family members?

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Other than being a writer, what else did Pliny do?

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Other than being a writer, what else did Pliny do?