History

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Plautilla

Publia Fulvia Plautilla (c.187-211): name of a Roman princess, wife of Caracalla. Plautilla Plautilla was the daughter of Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, the…

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Plebs

Plebs: Roman expression to describe a group of usually poor citizens.The word plebs is said to be derived from plere, 'to fill up'. Plebeians were, therefore, people who were considered to be an addition to the 'real' Roman population. It…

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Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger or Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (62-c.115): Roman senator, nephew of Pliny the Elder, governor of Bithynia-Pontus (109-111), author of a famous collection of letters. …

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