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Complete Letters (Oxford World's Classics) Book
Gaius Pliny sends greetings to his friend Septicius Clarus... In these letters to his friends and relations, Pliny provides a fascinating insight into Roman life in the period 97 to 112 AD. Part autobiography, part social history, they document the career and interests of a senator and leading imperial official whose friends include the historians Tacitus and Suetonius. Pliny s letters cover a wide range of topics, from the contemporary political scene to domestic affairs, the educational system, the rituals and conduct of Roman religion, the treatment of slaves, and the phenomena of nature. He describes in vivid detail the eruption of Vesuvius, which killed his uncle and the daily routines of a well-to-do Roman in the courts, and at leisure, enjoying rural pursuits at his country estates. In the introduction to his lively and sympathetic new translation, P.G. Walsh examines the background to these often intimate and enthralling letters. Author: Pliny the YoungerFormat: 432 pages, Paperback Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 13, 2006) ISBN: 978-0192806581Read More
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- 0192806580
- 9780192806581
- Pliny the Younger
- 12 October 2006
- OUP Oxford
- Paperback (Book)
- 432
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