Complete Letters (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Pliny The Younger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192806580 ISBN 13: 9780192806581

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2006

Synopsis

'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.

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About the Author

Peter Walsh is best known for production edition and critical works on Livy. For Oxford World's Classics he has translated Apuleius' The Golden Ass, Petronius' Satyricon, and Cicero's Nature of the Gods and On Obligations.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192806580
• ISBN 13: 9780192806581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432