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1. (n.) Pliny
(“the Elder,” Gaius Plinius Secundus) a .d . 23–79, Roman naturalist and writer.
2. Pliny
his nephew (“the Younger,” Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) a .d . 62?–c113, Roman writer and orator.
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1. (noun) Pliny, Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
2. (noun) Pliny, Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus
Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
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