"Plinius" meaning in English

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          "text": "Plinius wrote about spells and witches in a superstitious manner. […] But the sort of spell which Plinius talks of, smacking of superstition, is false, contrived and quite impossible in true believers.",
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          "text": "“Welcome, sire!” Vespasian saluted, and after the briefest hesitation Plinius followed his legate’s example, swallowing his distaste for such deference to a mere native, albeit a king of his people.",
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          "text": "Contemporary and employer of Suetonius and friend of Tacitus, Plinius was a highly skilled rhetorician well known for letters rightly dubbed literary classics.",
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