Oxford World's Classics Complete Letters, (Paperback)

from antiquary

Famous for the description of Pompeii and the discussion of policy towards Christians, but also interesting for attitudes to suicide (acceptable) and slaves (sympathetic, at least for favored house slaves)

from Plinius

Good selection from the letters of Pliny the Younger - including the famous description of the death of his uncle - the elder Pliny - during the eruption of Vesuv i 79 AD.

from SamTekoa

Pliny saw himself as a writer and you can see that in his carefully thought-out pleasing phrases and sentences. This was a delightful read, with much that is quotable. You have to wait until the end of the book to see the breezy Roman way he makes the decision to execute a couple of Christian wom...

from SamTekoa

Pliny saw himself as a writer and you can see that in his carefully thought-out pleasing phrases and sentences. This was a delightful read, with much that is quotable. You have to wait until the end of the book to see the breezy Roman way he makes the decision to execute a couple of Christian wom...

from stillatim

"I'm really enjoying reading Pliny. It's strange, but I really identify with him. He's just this guy, he's got his job to do, but what he really cares about is literature, reading it, writing a bit of it, talking about it with his friends." "Okay." "I've been imagining myself as Pliny when I writ...