Letters of Pliny by the Younger Pliny
"Letters of Pliny" by the Younger Pliny is a collection of personal letters written in the 1st century AD. These Latin missives to friends and associates offer unique testimony to Roman administrative life and daily existence. The collection includes Pliny's famous eyewitness account of Mount Vesuvius's eruption in 79 AD, which killed his uncle Pliny the Elder, and a notable letter seeking imperial guidance on handling Christians. The letters feature prominent Roman
figures including Martial, Tacitus, and Suetonius, providing intimate glimpses into late first-century Roman society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pliny, the Younger, 61-112? |
|---|---|
| Editor | Bosanquet, F. C. T. (Frederick Charles Tindal), 1847-1928 |
| Translator | Melmoth, William, 1710?-1799 |
| Title | Letters of Pliny |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistulae_(Pliny) |
| Credits | Produced by David Reed and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 55.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Pliny, the Younger -- Correspondence |
| Subject | Latin letters -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Authors, Latin -- Rome -- Correspondence |
| Subject | Lawyers -- Rome -- Correspondence |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 2811 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2001 |
| Most Recently Updated | Nov 11, 2018 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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