Fifty Letters of PlinyThis selection of Pliny's letters is designed to be used with A Level classes. The commentary helps students who have no special knowledge of the social and political history of the Roman empire. The selection provides a wide illustration of the private, public, and literary life of the capital of the Roman empire in the early second century A.D. Includes vocabulary and notes. |
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aerarium alia aliis aliquid aliud Altinum amici apud atque etiam autem Bithynia CALVISIUS RUFUS Cassius Dio causa Christians civic Comum consul court cuius cults dicere Domitian e.g. Letter eius emperor enim erant erat ergo Eumolpus exemplum fuisse governor Greek haec hetaeria hunc illa ille illi illud ipsa ipse ipsum iudices legatus Letter 13 Letter 26 Letter 31 literary magis magistratus Marius Priscus Martial maxime mihi modo multa neque Nero Nerva nihil nisi nunc omnes omnia Pliny Pliny's letters political praetor primum Princeps Priscus proconsul province quae quaestor quam quamquam quia quibus quid quidem quod quoque recitation Roman Rome Rufus rursus satis Secundus serui sesterces sibi slaves studiis subjunctive Suetonius sunt Tacitus tamen tamquam tantum tempus tibi Trajan tunc uero uiro Vale verb Verginius verses Vespasian Zosimus