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Minucius Macrinus (fl. 1st century AD) was a friend of Pliny the Younger, to whom the latter addressed many of his Epistles,[1] 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.[2]

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  1. ^ Public Domain Smith, William (1870). "Macrinus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 886.
  2. ^ Pliny the Younger, Epistulae ii. 7, iii. 4, vii. 6, 10, viii. 17, ix. 4

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William (1870). "Macrinus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 886.