Pliny

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Pliny may refer to:

People from antiquity

• Pliny the Elder (23 AD–79 AD), ancient Roman nobleman, scientist and historian, author of Naturalis Historia, "Pliny's Natural History"
• Pliny the Younger (died 113), ancient Roman statesman, orator, and writer; nephew and adopted son of Pliny the Elder

People from the modern era

• Pliny Chase (1820–1886), American scientist, mathematician, and educator
• Pliny Earle (disambiguation), several people
• Pliny Earle Goddard (1869–1928), American linguist and ethnologist
• Pliny Fisk III (born 1944), co-founder and co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS)
• Pliny Norcross (1838–1915), Wisconsin politician
• Pliny W. Williamson (1876–1958), New York politician

Places

• Pliny Township, Minnesota, United States
• Pliny, West Virginia, United States

Writings

• Epistulae (Pliny), the letters of Pliny the Younger
• Medicina Plinii, a 4th-century compilation of pharmacological remedies by anonymous author
• Natural History (Pliny), an encyclopedia published by Pliny the Elder

Beers

• Pliny the Elder, the flagship beer of the Russian River Brewing Company
• Pliny the Younger, a seasonal (February) beer of the Russian River Brewing Company

See also

• Plinia, a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae
• Plinio (disambiguation)
• Plinius (crater), a lunar impact crater
• Plinian eruption, volcanic eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 (as described in a letter written by Pliny the Younger)