Compare And Contrast Pliny And Trajan

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Julian Mayugba Professor Antonio Acevedo HIS 210-ONR01 18 March 2017 AS1: Pliny and Trajan “For who can better give guidance to my hesitation or inform my ignorance?” Pliny, Letters 10.96-97 shows the interaction in letters between the Pliny the Younger, the governor of Pontus-Bithynia, and Emperor Trajan. The letters involved Pliny the Younger asking Emperor Trajan for advice when dealing with the trials of Christians. His attitude toward the Christians seemed like he did not know what to do in this situation, but he believes that somehow, the Christians were at fault for being Christian. His policy toward the Christians, per the letter, was that he asked them three times if they were a Christian. The first time, he plainly asked them