The Letters of the Younger Pliny [Paperback]

Providing a series of fascinating views of Imperial Rome,The Letters of the Younger Plinyalso offer one of the fullest self-portraits to survive from classical times. Pliny's 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.

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BOOK ONE
BOOK TWO
BOOK THREE
BOOK FOUR
BOOK FIVE
BOOK SIX
BOOK SEVEN
BOOK EIGHT
BOOK NINE
BOOK TEN

Appendix A: Inscriptions
Appendix B: Plan of Pliny’s House at Laurentum
Appendix C: Table of Events
Appendix D: Key to Technical Terms
Map of Central and Northern Italy
Map of Bithynia and Pontus
Bibliography
Index of Proper Names and Places