Pliny

(noun) Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113). Synonyms: Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus.

(noun) Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79). Synonyms: Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus.