Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born
Gaius Caecilius or
Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as
Pliny the Younger , was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of
Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle,
Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him. Both Pliny the Elder and Younger were witnesses to the
eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, in which the former died.