He achieved a reputation as a prosecutor and defense counsel in political cases, but his forensic speeches are not extant. As consul suffectus in 100, he delivered the laudatory address that he developed subsequently into his elaborate and fulsome Panegyricus. He served as praefectus aerarii militaris under Domitian and was appointed praefectus aerarii Saturni by Nerva -both important financial posts.
As a member of the senatorial class he received the typical rhetorical education of the time and entered a career of public service. After his adoption Pliny's name became C. Nephew and adopted son of Pliny the Elder, Roman orator, letter writer, and administrator b.
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