# Letters of Pliny Author: Pliny, the Younger, 61-112?; Bosanquet, F. C. T. (Frederick Charles Tindal), 1847-1928 [Editor]; Melmoth, William, 1710?-1799 [Translator] Genre: Harvard Classics Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2811 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Letters+of+Pliny+Pliny&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS, usually known as Pliny the Younger, was born at Como in 62 A. D. He was only eight years old when his father Caecilius died, and he was adopted by his uncle, the elder Pliny, author of the Natural History. He was carefully educated, studying rhetoric under Quintilian and other famous teachers, and he became the most eloquent pleader of his time. In this and in much else he imitated Cicero, who had by this time come to be the recognized master of Latin style. While still young he served as military tribune in Syria, but he does not seem to have taken zealously to a soldier's life. On his return he entered politics under the Emperor Domitian; and in the yea... ## Chapters - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/letters-of-pliny-2811/chapters/24/index.md)