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The Letters of the Younger Pliny
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.
Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger
This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context and adopting a fresh and innovative approach to reading the letters as an artistically structured collection. Chapter 1 traces Pliny's autobiographical narrative throughout the Letters; Chapter 2 undertakes detailed study of Book 6 as an artistic entity; while Chapter 3 sets Pliny's letters within a Roman epistolographical tradition dominated by Cicero and Seneca. Chapters 4 to 7 study thematic letter cycles within the collection, including those on Pliny's famous country villas and his relationships with Pliny the Elder and Tacitus. The final chapter focuses on the 'grand design' which unifies and structures the collection. Four detailed appendices give invaluable historical and scholarly context, including a helpful timeline for Pliny's life and career, detailed bibliographical help on over 30 popular topics in Pliny's letters and a summary of the main characters mentioned in the Letters.
Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger who lived c. 100 AD, left a large collection of letters, thanks to which we know him better than almost any other Roman. He is best known as witness to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 that destroyed Pompeii, and for his dealings with the early Christians when a regional governor. He was not an emperor or general, but a famous lawyer of his time specialising in private finance and later a senior state official specialising in public finance. His life straddled both a 'bad'; emperor (Domitian) and a 'good'; emperor (Trajan), so his life and letters are relevant to perennial political questions like how an honourable man could serve an absolute autocracy such as Rome, and how j...
Letters of Pliny
Pliny the Younger (61 - 113 AD) was among the finest writers living in Rome at the time Pliny was working. He was an eminent citizen who held high-ranking positions in Roman society. He was most probably one of the earliest exponents of autobiography as his letters describe in detail the events that he witnessed during his lifetime, including the eruption of Vesuvius,
The Letters of the Younger Pliny
The Letters of the Younger Pliny is a fundamental ancient work by Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, more famous as Pliny the Younger.Pliny published 9 books of his letters. All of them are extant and the examples of an epistolary genre. The letters are addressed to different people. With someone Pliny shares his everyday life, with someone he discusses poetry, and with someone he talks about political events. The letters of Pliny are irreplaceable sources of information about the life and organization of the Roman Empire during the times of Domitian and Trajan.The tenth volume of Pliny's letters contains the letters to a future emperor Trajan. Pliny asks advice from him regarding Bithynia's affairs, informs about corruption. The letters of Pliny to Trajan also include one of the earliest mentioning of the Christians.
