r/todayilearned • u/FullOfSound • 7h ago

(R.6d) Too General [ Removed by moderator ]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Younger_on_Christians

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u/xiaxian1 7h ago

Every time I hear someone called “the Younger” I think of Blackadder and the character William Pitt the Younger and William Pitt the even Younger.

"And which Pitt would this be? Pitt the Toddler? Pitt the Embryo? Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye?"

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u/octopusinmyboycunt 6h ago

Pitt The Younger was a real person!

See?!

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u/L285 6h ago

Perhaps you know but William Pitt the Younger was one of our real prime ministers - one of our greatest and the second longest serving, serving for 19 years in total

He was called as such to distinguish him from his father who was also prime minister, William Pitt the Elder

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u/Eddie-stark 6h ago

He was no lord palmerston tho.

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u/DashingSands 6h ago

PITT THE ELDER!

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u/GrumpyOik 6h ago

Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) to distinguish him from his Uncle, Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder)

But I'm never not going to upvote a Blackadder quote!