Letters of Pliny A History and Social Commentary

Name: Letters of Pliny A History and Social Commentary
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ISBN: 9780198144359

ISBN-10: 0198144350

ISBN-13: 9780198144359

Edition: N/A

Authors: A. N. Sherwin-White

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This comprehensive general commentary on the nine books of the younger Pliny's private letters--which cover nearly aspect of Roman life except warfare--offers a self-contained discussion of each letter or group of associated letters and their rich array of information about the author's social, political, and legal life and times.

Book details

List price: $495.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/19/1985
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 824
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 2.09" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations


Bibliographical Summaries


General Introduction to the Private Letters


Bibliography


Commentary on Books I-Ix


Introduction to Book X


Bibliography


Commentary on Book X: The Text



The Personal Inscriptions of Pliny



The Consular Fasti, 94-117



General List of Contemporary Persons



The Date of Pliny's Praetorship



The Early Persecutions and Roman Law


Index


Index of Disputed Readings in Pliny's Text Discussed in the Commentary


Index of Greek Terms


Index of Passages in Other Authors Specially Discussed