PLINY THE YOUNGER (GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS)

ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΛΙΝΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΤΕΡΟΥ
Οι "Επιστολές" δεν έχουν μεγάλη λογοτεχνική αξία, είναι όμως πολύτιμες για τις ειδήσεις που παρέχουν περί των σύγχρονων πραγμάτων. Σπουδαιότατες είναι οι "Περί Χριστιανών" επιστολές. Επίσης σπουδαία είναι η 16η επιστολή του 6ου βιβλίου, στην οποία περιγράφεται η έκρηξη του Βεζουβίου το 79 μ.Χ. που κατέχωσε την Πομπηία και στην οποία βρήκε τραγικό θάνατο ο θείος του Πλίνιος ο Πρεσβύτερος. (Από την παρουσίαση στο οπισθόφυλλο του βιβλίου)...
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(H/B) PLINY THE YOUNGER: LETTERS (VOLUME II)
The Younger Pliny was born in 61 or 62 CE, the son of Lucius Caecilius of Comum (Como) and the Elder Pliny’s sister. He was educated at home and then in Rome under Quintilian. He was at Misenum at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 (described in two famous letters) when the Elder Pliny died. Pliny started his career at the Roman bar at the age of eighteen. He moved through the regular offices in a senator’s career, held two treasury appointments and a priesthood, and was consul in September and October 100. On this occasion he deli...
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(H/B) PLINY THE YOUNGER: LETTERS (VOLUME I)
The Younger Pliny was born in 61 or 62 CE, the son of Lucius Caecilius of Comum (Como) and the Elder Pliny’s sister. He was educated at home and then in Rome under Quintilian. He was at Misenum at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 (described in two famous letters) when the Elder Pliny died. Pliny started his career at the Roman bar at the age of eighteen. He moved through the regular offices in a senator’s career, held two treasury appointments and a priesthood, and was consul in September and October 100. On this occasion he deli...
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