Pliny the Younger

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

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

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 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius Jesus Christ being nailed to the cross The destruction of the Lighthouse at Alexandria The death of Julius Caesar

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

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

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

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