Pliny The Younger 6.16 2025. This post belongs to a serialized translation and commentary of pliny the younger’s letters (6.16 and 6.20) to the historian tacitus about the eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79. Throughout his story, pliny makes his uncle seem like a larger than.
In his letter 6.16, pliny the younger tells the story of the demise of his uncle, pliny the elder, to his historian friend, tacitus. Letters or letter extracts included are 1.1, 1.6,.