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Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113)
Also known as: Plinius der Jüngere, C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius Caecilius Cilo, Gaius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Plinius minor
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- Letters, and Panegyricus (1969)
- The letters of the younger Pliny (1734)
- Lettres
- Epistulae (1747)
- C. Plinij Secundo Nouocomensis epistolarum libri X ; Panegyricus ad Traiano Caesari dictus ; De uiris illustribus in re militari, & in administranda Repub