Pliny wrote his first work, a tragedy in Greek, at age 14."quin etiam quattuordecim natus annos Graecam tragoediam scripsi.": Epistulae VII. iv Additionally, in the course of his life, he wrote numerous poems, most of which are lost. He was also known as a notable orator; though he professed himself a follower of Cicero, Pliny's prose was more magniloquent and less direct than Cicero's.
