Letters of Pliny

by Pliny the Younger

23 chapters10h 36mEnglish1878

About this book

The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and the Emperor Trajan. These letters are a unique testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life in the 1st century CE. Especially noteworthy among the letters are two in which he describes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August 79, during which his uncle Pliny the Elder died (65 and 66 in this edition), and one in which he asks the Emperor for instructions regarding official policy concerning Christians (Trajan Letter 97). Other letters include a ghost story, a story about a dolphin, descriptions of Pliny's villa, and Pliny's opinions on legacy-hunting, the treatment of slaves and the decline in respect for orators. - Summary by Wikipedia revised by Andrew Coleman

Chapters (22)

1Letters 1-7

1929

2Letters 8-14

2157

3Letters 15-21

1825

4Letters 22-25

1824

5Letters 26-31

1827

6Letters 32-39

1709

7Letters 40-49

1966

8Letters 50-53

2008

9Letters 54-64

1988

10Letters 65-66

1283

11Letters 67-76

2182

12Letters 77-83

2081

13Letters 84-89

2002

14Letters 90-96

1781

15Letters 97-105

1966

16Letters 106-110

1566

17Letters T1-27

1736

18Letters T28-51

1670

19Letters T52-70

1273

20Letters T71-96

1457

21Letters T97-98

470

22Letters T99-122

1172

Letters of Pliny

About this book

Chapters (22)

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