Pliny the Younger, Latin in full Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, (born 61/62 ce, Comum [Italy]—died c. 113, Bithynia, Asia Minor [now in Turkey]), Roman
This etext was prepared by Rebecca Trump THE LETTERS OF THE YOUNGER PLINY. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY JOHN B. FIRTH. FIRST SERIES. THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD, LONDON AND FELLING-ON-TYNE. NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14TH STREET. NOTE.--In the following
In nine books (247 letters) of personal correspondence, Pliny the Younger discusses virtually every aspect of daily life for members of the senatorial class, from service on the emperor's council to afternoon strolls in his villa gardens. This dissertation is a study of letters from that ...
Celer, but assumed his own, Secundus. As his adopted son took the same cognomen, Pliny founded a branch, the Plinii Secundi. The family was prosperous; Pliny the Younger's inherited estates combined made him so wealthy that he could found a school and a library, endow a fund to feed t...
The story of his last hours is told in an interesting letter addressed twenty-seven years afterwards to Tacitus by the Elder Pliny's nephew and heir, the Younger Pliny (Epp. vi. 16), who also sends to another correspondent an account of his uncle's writings and his manner of life (iii...
Eco, Umberto. 1990. A portrait of the Elder as a young Pliny. InThe limits of interpretation. By Umberto Eco, 123–136. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press. Offers an analysis of the narrative of the Younger Pliny’s letter to Tacitus about the death of his uncle, informed by semiotic theor...
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. — Erik Erikson The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder. — Jane Austen I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody. — George ...
Pliny the Younger (61/62 CE–c. 113 CE) was a Roman author and administrator who left a collection of private letters that intimately illustrated public and private life in the heyday of the Roman Empire. These letters enable the reconstruction of a peri