Pliny the Younger

At a Glance

Treatise

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Estimated Range of Dating: 111-112 C.E.

Betty Radice, Letters of the Younger Pliny (Viking Press 1976)
Betty Radice, Pliny Letters and Panegyricus (Harvard Univ Pr 1969)
P.L. Chambers, Pliny the Younger's Character as Revealed Through His Letters (1998)
Stanley E. Hoffer, The Anxieties of Pliny the Younger (American Philological Association 1999)

Pliny the Younger wrote a letter to the emperor in order to find out how to handle the superstition held by Christians.

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Kirby, Peter. "Pliny the Younger." Early Christian Writings. 2008. 13 May. 2008 <http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/pliny.html>.