Arrianus

Maturus Arrianus was a friend and recurring correspondent of Pliny the Younger, addressed in several letters of Pliny's collection in the early 2nd century AD. A man of equestrian standing from Altinum in the Transpadane region of northern Italy (Venetia), he belonged to Pliny's intimate circle of literary and provincial friends; Pliny sent him copies of his own speeches for criticism, shared news of senatorial affairs and famous trials (such as that of Marius Priscus), and valued his candid judgment. Though no public career or magistracy is securely documented for him, the letters present him as a cultivated, trusted reader whose taste Pliny respected. He is known chiefly through this correspondence and is a useful witness to the social and literary networks of the Italian municipal elite under Trajan.