The Letters of the Younger Pliny
Author: the Younger, Pliny
ISBN: 9780140441277
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 1964
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Pliny's letters provide a series of fascinating views on imperial Rome
A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such eminent figures as Tacitus, Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan, as well as a wide circle of friends and family. His lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians - 'a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths' - from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.
ISBN: 9780140441277
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 1964
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Pliny's letters provide a series of fascinating views on imperial Rome
A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such eminent figures as Tacitus, Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan, as well as a wide circle of friends and family. His lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians - 'a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths' - from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.
