| Description |
1 online resource (xl, 380 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Contents |
Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the Text and Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Pliny the Younger; COMPLETE LETTERS; Map of Bithynia and Pontus; Explanatory Notes; Indexes |
| Summary |
Pliny's letters provide a fascinating insight into Roman life in the period 97 to 112 AD. They document politics, social life, religion, the educational system, the treatment of slaves and include a vivid description of the eruption of Vesuvius. This is a lively and sympathetic new translation. - ;'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 imp |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxviii-xl) and indexes |
| Notes |
Translated from the Latin |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Pliny, the Younger -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Pliny. cct |
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Pliny, the Younger fast |
| Subject |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Latin.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walsh, P. G. (Patrick Gerard)
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| LC no. |
2006011797 |
| ISBN |
9780191517525 |
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0191517526 |
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1280762934 |
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9781280762932 |
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9786610762934 |
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6610762937 |
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1282199293 |
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9781282199293 |
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9786612199295 |
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6612199296 |
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