Pliny the Younger

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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, also known as Pliny the Younger, was a skilled orator, jurist, politician, and imperial governor in Bithynia, a province of the Roman Empire. He was the great-nephew and adopted son of Pliny the Elder, and was with him on the day of the great eruption of Vesuvius, but did not accompany him on the boat trip to the erupting volcano that would prove fatal. His writings about that day, in which Pompeii was buried in ashes, are the primary written account of the tragedy. Pliny the Younger was a capable governor and loyal to his emperor, as well as cultured and a good writer. The letters between Pliny and Emperor Trajan are considered one of the most valuable documents for understanding the efficient organization and daily life in the Roman Empire. In them, Pliny mentions for the first time in a Roman document the rise of Christianity and its consequences.