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The letters of Pliny: a historical and social commentary

A. N. Sherwin-White
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PRIVATE LETTERS
    • I. THE ORIGINS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LETTERS (page 1)
    • II. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE LETTERS AS CORRESPONDENCE (page 11)
    • III. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LETTERS (page 20)
    • IV. CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BOOKS (page 27)
    • V. CLASSIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TYPES (page 42)
    • VI. SEQUENCE AND DATES OF PUBLICATION (page 52)
    • VII. CHRONOLOGY OF THE EXTORTION TRIALS (page 56)
    • VIII. CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRIVATE LETTERS IN BOOK X (page 62)
    • IX. SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORRESPONDENTS (page 65)
    • X. THE FAMILY OF PLINY (page 69)
    • XI. THE OFFICIAL CAREER OF PLINY (page 72)
    • XII. THE TEXT OF THE LETTERS IN BRIEF (page 82)
  • COMMENTARY ON BOOKS I-IX
    • BOOK I (page 85)
    • BOOK II (page 142)
    • BOOK III (page 206)
    • BOOK IV (page 264)
    • BOOK V (page 312)
    • BOOK VI (page 356)
    • BOOK VII (page 402)
    • BOOK VIII (page 448)
    • BOOK IX (page 481)
  • INTRODUCTION TO BOOK X
    • I. THE PROVINCE (page 525)
    • II. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LETTERS FROM BITHYNIA AND THE ORDER OF PLINY'S JOURNEYS (page 529)
    • III. THE COMPLETENESS OF BOOK X AND ITS PURPOSE (page 533)
    • IV. THE DRAFTING OF TRAJAN'S REPLIES TO PLINY (page 536)
    • V. TRAJAN AND PLINY: THE NECESSITY OF PLINY'S REQUESTS (page 546)
  • COMMENTARY ON BOOK X
    • THE PRIVATE LETTERS (page 556)
    • THE BITHYNIAN LETTERS (page 580)
  • APPENDIXES
    • I. The Personal Inscriptions of Pliny (page 732)
    • II. The Consular Fasti, A.D. 94-117 (page 734)
    • III. General List of Contemporary Persons (page 738)
    • IV. The Date of Pliny's Praetorship (page 763)
    • V. The Early Persecutions and Roman Law (page 772)
  • INDEXES
    • General (page 789)
    • Disputed readings discussed (page 806)
    • Greek terms (page 807)
    • Passages in other authors (page 808)
Citable Link
Published: c1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780198144359 (hardcover)
Subject
  • European: Ancient to 400 C.E.
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