Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, better known in English as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him. 61 – 113; died at about 52. Alive at the same time as Plutarch, Ptolemy, Trajan, John the Apostle, and Pliny the Elder. Wiki link