The Letter of Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecelius Secundus, circa 61-113) was a Roman administrator during the reign of Emperor Trajan. Tragan had sent him to Bithynia to reform their finances and court system. Around AD 112 he wrote to Trajan reporting how he had dealt with Christians but asked for the Emperor’s advice regarding them. The…