Pliny relates that he personally knew Paulinus to have carried around 12,000 pounds of silver service on which to dine on campaign against the Germans (a practice which would not have endeared him to the disciplined Pliny).
Plinius har fortalt, at han personlig vidste, at Paulinus havde rejst rundt med 12.000 pund sølvtøj for at spise middag med på et krigstogt mod germanerne (en praksis som ikke var sympatisk for den disciplinerede Plinius).