Pliny The Elder Thesis

To be continued, Pliny the Elder lived in the first century ad, he was born 23 ad in Rome Italy. Pliny came from a prosperous family. His parents were Gaius Plinius Celerat his father and Marcella his mother, whom were wealthy. Pliny was very intellectual, He completed his studies of literature, oratory, and law in Rome. The tender age of 23 he started his military career with Germany. The army was good to Pliny, while in the army he was able to rise up to the ranks to cavalry commander. He was a part of three military tours. One of his most know military tour in 57-58 A.D, was the one he had with future emperor Titus. The ramifications of this tour spark one of Pliny first written work as an author. His first work was about throwing the javelin