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It was at this time that Pliny became closer to his uncle Pliny the Elder. When Pliny the Younger was 17 or 18 in 79 AD, his uncle Pliny the Elder died attempting to rescue victims of the Vesuvius eruption , and the terms of the Elder Pliny's will passed his estate to his nephew.
Born into a wealthy family and adopted by his uncle, Pliny the Elder, Pliny began to practice law at age 18. His reputation in the civil-law courts placed him in demand in the political court that tried provincial officials for extortion.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
To further his education, he also travelled to Rome, where he was taught rhetoric by the great teacher and author Quintilian, and where he became closer to his uncle, before the latter’s death in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE.
After his father's death Pliny was brought up by his uncle, Pliny the Elder, the author of a famous encyclopaedia on natural history. In 79 AD, he witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius which...
Jun 22, 2024 · In his letter to the historian Tacitus, Pliny the younger describes the events that led to his uncle’s death (Pliny the Elder) and he also gives details of the eruption of Vesuvius. At seventeen years old, he witnessed the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD from his uncle's home in Misenum.
From the vantage point of Misenum, some 30 kilometers away from the epicenter of chaos, stood Pliny the Younger alongside his uncle, Pliny the Elder, the commander of the Roman fleet and a man of insatiable curiosity about the natural world.
Jun 11, 2024 · Pliny the Younger, born as either Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo, was later adopted by his uncle who left him his estate upon his death. Hailing from a wealthy aristocratic family, he started his career at the age of 18 and became very active in the Roman legal system.
