Man of high empire : the life of Pliny the Younger / Roy K. Gibson.
Pliny the Younger (c. 60-112 CE)-senator and consul in the Rome of Domitian and Trajan, eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, early 'persecutor' of Christians on the Black Sea-remains the best documented Roman individual, other than emperors, between Cicero and Augustine. Standa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2020.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Summary: | Pliny the Younger (c. 60-112 CE)-senator and consul in the Rome of Domitian and Trajan, eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, early 'persecutor' of Christians on the Black Sea-remains the best documented Roman individual, other than emperors, between Cicero and Augustine. Standard biographical approaches rarely suit him. But no Roman writer, not even Vergil, ties his identity to the regions of Italy more successfully than Pliny. His individuality can be captured by focusing on the range of locales in which he lived, including Comum, Umbria and Rome. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190094003 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780199948192.001.0001 |