Letters of Pliny
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Providing a series of fascinating views of Imperial Rome, The Letters of the Younger Pliny also offer one of the fullest self-portraits to survive from classical times. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Betty Radice.A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny 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...
Chapters (237)
- LETTERS OF PLINY
- Translated by William Melmoth Revised by F. C. T. Bosanquet
- LETTERS GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS
- I — To SEPTITTUS
- II — To ARRIANUS
- III — To VOCONIUS ROMANUS
- IV — To CORNELIUS TACITUS
- V — To POMPEIUS SATURNINUS
- VI — To ATRIUS CLEMENS
- VII — To FABIUS JUSTUS
- VIII — To CALESTRIUS TIRO
- IX — To SOCIUS SENECIO
- X — To JUNSUS MAURICUS
- XI — To SEPTITIUS CLARUS
- XII — To SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS
- XIII — To ROMANUS FIRMUS
- XIV — TO CORNELIUS TACITUS
- XV — To PATERNUS
- XVI — To CATILIUS SEVERUS [27]
- XVII — To VOCONIUS ROMANUS
- XVIII — To NEPOS
- XIX — To AVITUS
- XX — To MACRINUS
- XXI To PAISCUS
- XXII — To MAIMUS
- XXIII — To GALLUS
- XXIV — To CEREALIS
- XXV — To CALVISIUS
- XXVI — To CALVISIUS
- XXVII — To BAEBIUS MACER
- XXVIII — To ANNIUS SEVERUS
- XXIX — To CANINIUS RUFUS
- XXX — To SPURINNA AND COTTIA[53]
- XXXI — To JULIUS GENITOR
- XXXII — To CATILIUS SEVERUS
- XXXIII — To ACILIUS
- XXXIV — To NEPOS
- XXXV — To SEVERUS
- XXXVI — To CALVISIUS RUFUS
- XXXVII — To CORNELIUS PRISCUS
- XXXVIII — To FABATUS (HIS WIFE'S GRANDFATHER)
- XXXIX — To ATTIUS CLEMENS
- XL — To CATIUS LEPIDUS
- XLI — To MATURUS ARRIANUS
- XLII — To STATIUS SABINUS
- XLIII — To CORNELIUS MINICIANUS
- XLV — To ASINIUS
- XLVI — To HISPULLA
- XLVII — To ROMATIUS FIASIUS
- XLVIII — To LICINIUS SURA
- XLIX — To ANNIUS SEVERUS
- L — To TITIUS ARISTO
- LI — To NONIUS MAXIMUS
- LII — To DOMITIUS APOLLINARIS
- LIII — To CALVISIUS
- LIV — To MARCELLINUS
- LV — To SPURINNA
- LVI — To PAULINUS
- LVII — To RUFUS
- LVIII — To ARRIANUS
- LIX — To CALPURNIA[88]
- LX — To CALPURNIA
- LXI — To PRISCUS
- LXII — To ALBINUS
- LXIII — To MAXIMUS
- LXIV — To ROMANUS
- LXV — To TACITUS
- LXVI — To CORNELIUS TACITUS
- LX VII — To MACER
- LXVIII — To SERVIANUS
- LXIX — To SEVERUS
- LXX — To FABATUS
- LXXI — To CORNELIANUS
- LXXII — To MAXIMUS
- LXXIII — To RESTITUTUS
- LXXIV — To CALPURNIA[111]
- LXXV — To MACRINUS
- LXXVI — To TUSCUS
- LXX VII — To FABATUS (HIS WIFE'S GRANDFATHER)
- LXXVIII — To CORELLIA
- LXXIX — To CELER
- LXXX — To PRISCUS
- LXXXI — To GEMINIUS
- LXXXII — To MAXIMUS
- LXXXIII — To SURA
- LXXXIV — To SEPTITIUS
- LXXXV — To TACITUS
- LXXX VI — To SEPTITIUS
- LXXXVII — To CALVISIUS
- LXXX VIII — To ROMANUS
- LXXXIX — To ARISTO
- XC — To PATERNUS
- XCI — To MACRINUS
- XCII — To RUFINUS
- XCIII — To GALLUS
- XCIV — To ARRIANUS
- XCV — To MAXIMUS
- XCVI — To PAULINUS
- XCVII — To CALVISIUS
- XCVIII — To ROMANUS
- XCIX — To GEMINUS
- C — To JUNIOR
- CI — To QUADRATUS
- CII — To GENITOR
- CIII — To SABINIANUS
- CIV — To MAXIMUS
- CV — To SABINIANUS
- CVI — To LUPERCUS
- CVII — To CANINIUS
- CVIII — TO FUSCUS
- CIX — To PAULINUS
- CX — To FUSCUS
- FOOTNOTES TO THE LETTERS OF PLINY]
- CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- I — TO THE EMPEROR TRAJAN[1001]
- II — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- III — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- IV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- V — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- VI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- VII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- VIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- IX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- X — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XIV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XVI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XVII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XVIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XIX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXIV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXVI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXVII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXVIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXIX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXXI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XXXII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXXIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XXXIV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXXV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XXXVI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXX VII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XXXVIII To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XXXIX — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XL — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XLI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XLII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XLIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XLIV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XLV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XLVI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XLVII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XLVIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XLIX — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- L — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LIV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LVI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LVII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LVIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LIX — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXIV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXVI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXVII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LX VIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXIX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXX — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXXII TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXX IV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXXVI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXVII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXXVIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXIX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXXX — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXXI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXXXII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXXIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXXXIV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXXV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXXXVI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXXVII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- LXXXVIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- LXXXIX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XC — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XCI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XCII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XCIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XCIV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XCV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- XCVI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XCVII To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN[1066]
- XCVIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- XCIX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- C — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CI To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CIV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CVI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CVII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CVIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CIX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CX — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CXI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CXII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CXIII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CXIV — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CXV — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CXVI — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CXVII — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CXVIII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CXIX — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CXX — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- CXXI — To THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
- CXXII — TRAJAN TO PLINY
- FOOTNOTES TO THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
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