Minucius Macrinus (fl. 1st century AD) was a friend of
Pliny the Younger, to whom the latter addressed many of his
Epistles
An epistle (; el, ἐπιστολή, ''epistolē,'' "letter") is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter. The epistle genre of letter-writing was common in ancient Egypt as part ...
, but of whose life we have no particulars, other than that he had a son,
Minucius Acilianus, who was also a friend of Pliny's.
[ Pliny the Younger, '' Epistulae'' ii. 7, iii. 4, vii. 6, 10, viii. 17, ix. 4]
References
1st-century Romans
Macrinus
Marcus Opellius Macrinus (; – June 218) was Roman emperor from April 217 to June 218, reigning jointly with his young son Diadumenianus. As a member of the equestrian class, he became the first emperor who did not hail from the senator ...
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