C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistulae ad Traianum imperatorem cum eiusdem responsis |
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... present . To the , Roman proconsuls , legates , and procurators , whenever their attention was turned on the Christians at all , they seemed to be merely a Jewish sect or heresy . Just as Pilate never comprehended , nor really cared to ...
... present . To the , Roman proconsuls , legates , and procurators , whenever their attention was turned on the Christians at all , they seemed to be merely a Jewish sect or heresy . Just as Pilate never comprehended , nor really cared to ...
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... present at the examination of an old whose Jewish nationality doubts were felt . That there was persecution under Domitian , there is no doubt , but except in a few isolated cases its victims were neither Christians nor Jews but ...
... present at the examination of an old whose Jewish nationality doubts were felt . That there was persecution under Domitian , there is no doubt , but except in a few isolated cases its victims were neither Christians nor Jews but ...
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... present at any Christian trials , does he imply that such trials had taken place , and , if so , when and where ? If the view taken above of the events in Domitian's reign is a correct one , he cannot allude to any trials at Rome , for ...
... present at any Christian trials , does he imply that such trials had taken place , and , if so , when and where ? If the view taken above of the events in Domitian's reign is a correct one , he cannot allude to any trials at Rome , for ...
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... present edition 41-121 . The number forty - six is made up by including Trajan's answers under Pliny's letters , and by counting ( in Ep . 58 ) the letters of Domitian and the edict of Nerva . The first of these letters ( 41-3 ) is ...
... present edition 41-121 . The number forty - six is made up by including Trajan's answers under Pliny's letters , and by counting ( in Ep . 58 ) the letters of Domitian and the edict of Nerva . The first of these letters ( 41-3 ) is ...
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... present form is the copy of Aldus himself , from which the first proof of his edition was printed . The first point is established by a collation of the MS . letters with Aldus , who in the case of the Pliny - Trajan letters has ...
... present form is the copy of Aldus himself , from which the first proof of his edition was printed . The first point is established by a collation of the MS . letters with Aldus , who in the case of the Pliny - Trajan letters has ...
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accused aerarium Aldine edition Aldus appointed apud atque Augustus autem Avant Avantius Bithynia Bodleian Budaeus Caes Catanaeus causa Christians civitas civitatem codex collegia consul Dacian wars Decebalus decuriones Dio Cass Dio Cassius domine Domitian edict eius emperor empire enim eorum etiam governors Henz hetaeriae Hist imperial inter ipse iudices Iulius ius Quiritium Jews legate legions letters Marius Marius Priscus Marquadt meis mihi military Moesia Mommsen neque Nero Nerva Nicomedeia Orell Orelli Panegyr pecunia Plin PLINIUS TRAIANO IMPERATORI Pliny Pliny's prae praefectus praetor probably proconsul quae quaestor quam quia quibus quid quidem quod quoque reading reign repetundae rogo Roman Rome seems senate senatorial provinces sesterces Suet Suetonius sunt Tacitus tamen tibi tion towns Trai TRAIANUS PLINIO Trajan tuae tuam Vespasian viii δὲ καὶ τε τῶν
Popular passages
Page 214 - Adfirmabant autem hanc fuisse summam vel culpae suae vel erroris, quod essent soliti stato die ante lucem convenire carmenque Christo quasi deo dicere secum invicem seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere, sed ne furta, ne latrocinia, ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent, ne depositum appellati abnegarent.
Page 54 - Ergo abolendo rumori Nero subdidit reos et quaesitissimis poenis adfecit, quos per flagitia invisos vulgus Christianos appellabat. Auctor nominis eius Christus Tiberio imperitante per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum supplicio adfectus erat...
Page 215 - Visa est enim mihi res digna consultatione, maxime propter periclitantium numerum. Multi enim omnis aetatis, omnis ordinis, utriusque sexus etiam, vocantur in periculum, et vocabuntur. Neque civitates tantum, sed vicos etiam atque agros superstitionis istius contagio pervagata est : quae videtur sisti et corrigi posse.
Page 214 - ... stato die ante lucem convenire, carmenque Christo, quasi deo, dicere secum invicem, seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere. sed ne furta, ne latrocinia, ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent, ne depositum appellati abnegarent: quibus peractis morem sibi discedendi fuisse, rursusque coeundi ad capiendum cibum, promiscuum tamen, et innoxium : quod ipsum facere desisse post edictum meum, quo secundum mandata tua hetaerias esse vetueram.
Page 212 - Interim in iis, qui ad me tamquam Christi5 ani deferebantur, hunc sum secutus modum. Interrogavi ipsos, an essent Christiani. Confitentes iterum ac tertio interrogavi, supplicium minatus: perseverantes duci iussi. Neque enim dubitabam, qualecumque esset, quod faterentur, pertinaciam certe et inflexibilem obstinationem debere puniri.
Page 212 - Nec mediocriter haesitavi, sitne aliquod discrimen aetatum, an quamlibet teneri nihil a robustioribus differant, detur paenitentiae venia, an ei, qui omnino Christianus fuit, desisse non prosit, nomen ipsum, si flagitiis careat, an flagitia cohaerentia nomini puniantur.
Page 213 - Propositus est libellus sine auctore multorum nomina continens. Qui negabant esse se Christianos aut fuisse, cum praeeunte me deos appellarent et imagini tuae, quam propter hoc iusseram cum simulacris numinum adferri, ture 15 ac vino supplicarent, praeterea male dicerent Christo, quorum nihil posse cogi dicuntur, qui sunt re vera Christiani, dimittendos esse putavi.
Page 54 - ... et pereuntibus addita ludibria, ut ferarum tergis contecti laniatu canum interirent aut crucibus adfixi [aut flammandi atque], ubi defecisset dies, in usu[m] nocturni luminis urerentur.
Page 53 - And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and 31 received all that went in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.