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The letters of Pliny: a historical and social commentary
A. N. Sherwin-White
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Frontmatter
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PRIVATE LETTERS
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I. THE ORIGINS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LETTERS (page 1)
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II. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE LETTERS AS CORRESPONDENCE (page 11)
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III. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LETTERS (page 20)
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IV. CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BOOKS (page 27)
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V. CLASSIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TYPES (page 42)
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VI. SEQUENCE AND DATES OF PUBLICATION (page 52)
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VII. CHRONOLOGY OF THE EXTORTION TRIALS (page 56)
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VIII. CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRIVATE LETTERS IN BOOK X (page 62)
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IX. SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORRESPONDENTS (page 65)
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X. THE FAMILY OF PLINY (page 69)
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XI. THE OFFICIAL CAREER OF PLINY (page 72)
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XII. THE TEXT OF THE LETTERS IN BRIEF (page 82)
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COMMENTARY ON BOOKS I-IX
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BOOK I (page 85)
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BOOK II (page 142)
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BOOK III (page 206)
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BOOK IV (page 264)
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BOOK V (page 312)
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BOOK VI (page 356)
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BOOK VII (page 402)
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BOOK VIII (page 448)
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BOOK IX (page 481)
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INTRODUCTION TO BOOK X
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I. THE PROVINCE (page 525)
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II. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LETTERS FROM BITHYNIA AND THE ORDER OF PLINY'S JOURNEYS (page 529)
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III. THE COMPLETENESS OF BOOK X AND ITS PURPOSE (page 533)
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IV. THE DRAFTING OF TRAJAN'S REPLIES TO PLINY (page 536)
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V. TRAJAN AND PLINY: THE NECESSITY OF PLINY'S REQUESTS (page 546)
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COMMENTARY ON BOOK X
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THE PRIVATE LETTERS (page 556)
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THE BITHYNIAN LETTERS (page 580)
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APPENDIXES
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I. The Personal Inscriptions of Pliny (page 732)
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II. The Consular Fasti, A.D. 94-117 (page 734)
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III. General List of Contemporary Persons (page 738)
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IV. The Date of Pliny's Praetorship (page 763)
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V. The Early Persecutions and Roman Law (page 772)
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INDEXES
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General (page 789)
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Disputed readings discussed (page 806)
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Greek terms (page 807)
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Passages in other authors (page 808)
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Citable Link
Published: c1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press
- 9780198144359 (hardcover)