Pliny the Younger

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1. Pliny the Younger was born in which town? Pompeii, Italy Rome, Italy Como, Italy Ostia, Italy

2. How is Pliny the Elder related to Pliny the Younger? No relation Father Uncle Grandfather

3. To which city did Pliny the Elder bring Pliny the Younger to study? Rome Athens Como Syracuse

4. Pliny gave the only eyewitness account for which event? The destruction of the Lighthouse at Alexandria The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius Jesus Christ being nailed to the cross The death of Julius Caesar

5. Which of these offices were NOT held by Pliny the Younger? Curator of the bed and banks of the Tiber and the sewers of Rome Legionary commander of a roman army Praetor Governor of Bithynia-Pontus

6. Which Roman author was a dear friend of Pliny the Younger? Ovid Caesar Nepos Tacitus

7. Pliny's letters contained words written in Latin and which other language? Hebrew Greek Gaelic Arabic

8. Who does Pliny write to most often in his letters? Pliny the Elder Cicero Caesar Trajan

9. Pliny's 96th letter, in Book Ten, was the first reference to the persecution of which group by the Romans? Africans Plebians Christians Gauls

10. In Pliny the Younger's letters, which theme does he NOT write about? Dolphins in Africa Life in the country The correct way to run a fire brigade Chinese influences on the Romans