Providing a series of fascinating views of Imperial Rome, The Letters of the Younger Pliny also offer one of the fullest self-portraits to survive from classical times. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Betty Radice. A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny 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.
| Autorius: | Pliny Younger The |
| Leidėjas: | Sanage Publishing House |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2021 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 290 |
| ISBN-10: | 9391560458 |
| ISBN-13: | 9789391560454 |
| Formatas: | 216 x 140 x 17 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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