The Letters of the Younger Pliny
Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Rome, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters
| Author: | The Younger Pliny | ISBN: | 9780141915944 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | December 4, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | The Younger Pliny |
| ISBN: | 9780141915944 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | December 4, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
