PublishedPenguin Classics, January 1974 |
ISBN9780140441277 |
FormatSoftcover, 320 pages |
Dimensions19.7cm × 12.9cm × 1.7cm |
Pliny's letters provide a series of fascinating views on imperial Rome
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.
