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Letters of Pliny

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Letters of Pliny

by Pliny the Younger

English· 10:36:57· 23 chapters
The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and the Emperor Trajan. These letters are a unique testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life in the 1st century CE. Especially noteworthy among the letters are two in which he describes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August 79, during which his uncle Pliny the Elder died (65 and 66 in this edition), and one in which he asks the Emperor for instructions regarding official policy concerning Christians (Trajan Letter 97). Other letters include a ghost story, a story about a dolphin, descriptions of Pliny's villa, and Pliny's opinions on legacy-hunting, the treatment of slaves and the decline in respect for orators. - Summary by Wikipedia revised by Andrew Coleman
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Introduction

    05:45
  2. Chapter 2

    Letters 1-7

    32:09
  3. Chapter 3

    Letters 8-14

    35:57
  4. Chapter 4

    Letters 15-21

    30:25
  5. Chapter 5

    Letters 22-25

    30:24
  6. Chapter 6

    Letters 26-31

    30:27
  7. Chapter 7

    Letters 32-39

    28:29
  8. Chapter 8

    Letters 40-49

    32:46
  9. Chapter 9

    Letters 50-53

    33:28
  10. Chapter 10

    Letters 54-64

    33:08
  11. Chapter 11

    Letters 65-66

    21:23
  12. Chapter 12

    Letters 67-76

    36:22
  13. Chapter 13

    Letters 77-83

    34:41
  14. Chapter 14

    Letters 84-89

    33:22
  15. Chapter 15

    Letters 90-96

    29:41
  16. Chapter 16

    Letters 97-105

    32:46
  17. Chapter 17

    Letters 106-110

    26:06
  18. Chapter 18

    Letters T1-27

    28:56
  19. Chapter 19

    Letters T28-51

    27:50
  20. Chapter 20

    Letters T52-70

    21:13
  21. Chapter 21

    Letters T71-96

    24:17
  22. Chapter 22

    Letters T97-98

    07:50
  23. Chapter 23

    Letters T99-122

    19:32