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Letters of Pliny

Letters of Pliny

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Number of Chapters: 23

Length: 10 hours and 36 minutes

Language: English

The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and the Emperor Trajan. These letters are a unique testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life in the 1st century CE. Especially noteworthy among the letters are two in which he describes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August 79, during which his uncle Pliny the Elder died (65 and 66 in this edition), and one in which he asks the Emperor for instructions regarding official policy concerning Christians (Trajan Letter 97). Other letters include a ghost story, a story about a dolphin, descriptions of Pliny's villa, and Pliny's opinions on legacy-hunting, the treatment of slaves and the decline in respect for orators. - Summary by Wikipedia revised by Andrew Coleman

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Introduction (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 1-7 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 8-14 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 15-21 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 22-25 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 26-31 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 32-39 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 40-49 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 50-53 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 54-64 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 65-66 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 67-76 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 77-83 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 84-89 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 90-96 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 97-105 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters 106-110 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters T1-27 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters T28-51 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters T52-70 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters T71-96 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters T97-98 (Andrew Coleman)
Letters T99-122 (Andrew Coleman)
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