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The 22 pages that link to Pliny the Younger, each with the reason it gives.

• Pliny the ElderRelated: His eyewitness account is the main narrative source for the elder Pliny’s final hours.

• TacitusRelated: His letters are a major source for Tacitus’s career and their friendship.

• SuetoniusRelated: Pliny’s correspondence mentions Suetonius and records his support for the younger author’s career.

• PrincipateRelated: His exchange with Trajan documents imperial decision-making in provincial affairs.

• TrajanRelated: Their surviving correspondence documents imperial decisions on provincial governance and religious groups.

• Christianity in the Roman EmpireRelated: His correspondence records Roman procedures for investigating Christians around 112 CE.

• Roman provincial administrationRelated: His letters document practical disputes between a governor and the emperor.

• DomitianRelated: His praise of Trajan contrasts with the fear he associated with Domitian’s reign.

• Mount VesuviusRelated: His account gave the Plinian eruption its name and a rare eyewitness perspective.

• Plinian eruptionRelated: His eyewitness account inspired the term “Plinian eruption.”

• Crucifixion of JesusRelated: His correspondence attests Christian devotion but does not independently narrate the execution.

• PanegyricRelated: His Panegyricus became a prominent Roman example of praise shaped by political obligations.

• Persecution of Christians in the Roman EmpireRelated: His correspondence with Trajan records testing suspects through sacrifice and punishing persistent refusal.

• Roman bathsRelated: His letters offer evidence about bath facilities and their place in Roman life.

• NicaeaRelated: As governor of Bithynia, he corresponded with Trajan about nearby Nicomedia and regional administration.

• Roman provincial governorRelated: His letters reveal how an imperial governor sought guidance on provincial cases.

• BithyniaRelated: His letters document Roman provincial administration in Bithynia.

• HerculaneumRelated: His account supplies a contemporary narrative of the eruption affecting Herculaneum.

• TopiaryRelated: His letters mention ornamental garden forms associated with Roman topiary.

• Nerva (Roman emperor)Related: His Panegyricus praises Trajan and contrasts the new regime with Domitian’s.

• Gaius Appuleius DioclesRelated: His accounts provide a contemporary view of Roman spectacle and elite attitudes toward it.

• Eruption of Mount VesuviusRelated: His eyewitness account gave Plinian eruptions their name.