Description |
1 online resource (xl, 380 pages). |
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Oxford world's classics
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxviii-xl) and indexes. |
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. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
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 |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
Translated from the Latin. |
Subject |
Pliny, the Younger -- Correspondence.
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Pliny, the Younger. |
Genre/Form |
Correspondence.
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Electronic books.
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Records and correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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Added Author |
Walsh, P. G. (Patrick Gerard)
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Added Title |
Correspondence. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007072251
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Other Form: |
Print version: Pliny, the Younger. Correspondence. English. Complete letters. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006011797 |
ISBN |
9780191517525 (electronic book) |
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0191517526 (electronic book) |
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0192806580 (Paper) |
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9780192806581 (alkaline paper) |
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