Trajan sent Pliny to Bithynia (part of present-day Turkey) to investigate corruption there. He appears to have died a few years later. His lasting fame, however, comes from the nine books of ...

It includes books on geography ... Leaving his nephew, Pliny the Younger, at home to record what was happening, he sailed across to the base of the volcano to a friend’s house.

For centuries, Pliny the Younger's accounts of when Mount Vesuvius erupted, bringing an end to Pompeii were gospel. But as scholars, researchers, and archaeologists continued to dig, finding ...

Fans used to camp out for Pliny the Younger. Now there’s a list of bars to head to — while kegs last. Getty Images Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and ...