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Pliny the Younger   /plˈɪni ðə jˈəŋgər/   Listen
Pliny the Younger

noun
1.
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.






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... ancient date, having been founded by the Rhoetians and Euganeans. It was made a Roman colony about the year B.C. 89. It has been the birthplace of many of Italy's brightest geniuses—Catullus, the special poet of Verona, as Virgil was of Mantua, Cornelius Nepos, AEmilius Maca, Vitruvius, Pliny the younger, Scaliger, Sanmicheli, Paul Veronese; and it also possesses great historical interest, and many antiquities and remains of ancient buildings. It is still a considerable ...
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