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The Women of Pliny's Letters

Author : Jo-Ann Shelton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136225676
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book The Women of Pliny's Letters written by Jo-Ann Shelton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny's letters offer a significant source of information about the lives of Roman women (predominantly, though not exclusively, upper-class women) during the late first and early second centuries CE. In the 368 letters included in his ten published books of epistles, Pliny mentions over 30 women by name, addresses letters to seven, and refers to well over 40 anonymous women. Many of the references are brief comments in letters whose topics are the activities of Pliny's male acquaintances. Nonetheless his letters inform us about the roles of women in Roman families, marriages, and households, and also record the involvement of women in such matters as court cases, property ownership, religious orders, social networks, and political activities. This book has two aims. The first is to bring these women to the foreground, to explore their kinships, relationships, and activities, and to illuminate their lives by viewing them in the social, cultural, and political environments of the period in which they lived. This book utilizes historical, literary, legal, and epigraphical sources to examine the events, circumstances, and attitudes that were the contexts for the lives of these women. The first aim, then, is to gain insight into the reality of their lives. The second aim of this book is to investigate how Pliny defines the ideal behavior for women. In his accounts of the actions of both women and men, Pliny frequently shapes his narratives to promote moral lessons. In several of his letters about women, he elevates his subject to the status of a role model. The second aim of this book is to use the descriptions provided by Pliny to acquire a better understanding of what behavior was admired in Roman women of this period, and to consider how the concept of the model Roman woman is constructed in Pliny.

Pliny's Women

Author : Jacqueline M. Carlon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521761328
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Pliny's Women written by Jacqueline M. Carlon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny's Women offers a comprehensive consideration of the many women who appear in the letters of Pliny the Younger. Combining detailed prosopography with close literary analysis, Jacqueline Carlon examines the identities of the women whom Pliny includes and how they and the men with whom they are associated contribute both to this presentation of exemplary Romans and particularly to his own self-promotion. Virtually all of the named women in Pliny's nine-book corpus are considered. They form six distinct groups: those associated with opposition to the principate; the family of Pliny's mentor, Corellius Rufus; his own family members; women involved in testamentary disputes; ideal wives; and women of unseemly character. Detailed analysis of each letter mentioning women includes the identity of its recipient and everyone named within, its disposition within the collection, Pliny's language and style, and its significance to our perception of the changing social fabric of the early principate.

The Women of Pliny's Letters

Author : Jo-Ann Shelton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415374286
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The Women of Pliny's Letters written by Jo-Ann Shelton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The large collection of letters by Pliny the Younger includes a number of women among its addressees, and Pliny also gives us plentiful information about many women of his acquaintance. This book brings together this material to build up a portrait of a peer-group of women in their social setting.

Pliny's Roman Economy

Author : Richard Saller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691229562
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Pliny's Roman Economy written by Richard Saller and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Recent works by economic historians of early modern Europe have argued for a link between encyclopedias of the 18th century and the developments culminating in the Industrial Revolution. Diderot and D'Alembert's great Encyclopedie aimed to disseminate useful knowledge for productive growth and was one of the most visible contributions to what economic historian Joel Mokyr has labelled a "culture of growth." While the Ancient Romans didn't have anything like these encyclopedias, they did have its very popular and acknowledged ancestor, the thirty-seven books of Pliny's Natural History. Much has been written about Pliny's view of nature, his scientific thought, his ideology of empire, and so on, but there has been no comparable effort to probe Pliny's economic views and the impact, if any, of his history on Roman economic growth. In Pliny's Roman Economy, eminent Roman historian Richard Saller aims to bring together the economic observations and instances of financial reasoning scattered throughout the Natural History. Taken together, they do not amount to a discipline of "economics," but, Saller argues they do provide insights into Pliny's views about different forms of production and commerce, about labor and agency, about price formation and profitability, about investment and consumption and about technology. Combined with archaeological and other evidence, Pliny's work can also provide us with one of our best textual pictures of the working of the Roman economy"--

Pliny the Younger

Author : Rex Winsbury
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472514041
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Pliny the Younger written by Rex Winsbury and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny the Younger who lived c. 100 AD, left a large collection of letters, thanks to which we know him better than almost any other Roman. He is best known as witness to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 that destroyed Pompeii, and for his dealings with the early Christians when a regional governor. He was not an emperor or general, but a famous lawyer of his time specialising in private finance and later a senior state official specialising in public finance. His life straddled both a 'bad'; emperor (Domitian) and a 'good'; emperor (Trajan), so his life and letters are relevant to perennial political questions like how an honourable man could serve an absolute autocracy such as Rome, and how justice could live alongside power. His letters also give a unique insight into social, literary and domestic life among the wealthy upper classes of the empire. He knew most of the famous writers of his time, and wrote love letters to his wife. But there are serious controversies about how honest and truthful a man he was - did he use his letters to rewrite history (his own history) and cover up questionable aspects of his career? This general biographical account of Pliny is the first of its kind and covers all aspects of his life in a systematic way. This accessible title tackles key issues including his political anxieties and issues, his relationship with women and his literary style in a roughly chronological order. It covers his life as a lawyer, both in private practice and in state prosecutions, his literary circle, his career in state office and his working relationships with two very different emperors, his background, his property and his family life.

Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius

Author : Pedar W. Foss
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000557189
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius written by Pedar W. Foss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius is a forensic examination of two of the most famous letters from the ancient Mediterranean world: Pliny the Younger’s Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20, which offer a contemporary account of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. These letters, sent to the historian Tacitus, provide accounts by Pliny the Younger about what happened when Mt Vesuvius exploded, destroying the surrounding towns and countryside, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, and killing his uncle, Pliny the Elder. This volume provides the first comprehensive full-length treatment of these documents, contextualized by evidence-rich biographies for both Plinys, and a synthesis of the latest archaeological and volcanological research which answers questions about the eruption date. A new collation of sources results in a detailed manuscript tradition and an authoritative Latin text, while commentaries on each letter offer copiously referenced insights on their structure, style, and meaning. Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius offers a thorough companion to these letters, and to the eruption, which will be of interest not only to those working on Vesuvius, Pompeii, and Herculaneum, and the works of Pliny but also to general readers, Latin students, and scholars of the Roman world more broadly.

Complete Letters

Author : Pliny (the Younger.)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199538948
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Complete Letters written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the introduction to his new translation, P.G. Walsh examines the background to these often intimate and enthralling letters."--Jacket.

The Letters of the Younger Pliny

Author : Plinio (El joven.)
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0140441271
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Letters of the Younger Pliny written by Plinio (El joven.) and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1963 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such eminent figures as Tacitus, Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan, as well as a wide circle of friends and family. His lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians - 'a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths' - from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.

The Anxieties of Pliny, the Younger

Author : Stanley E. Hoffer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780788505652
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (56 download)

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Book Synopsis The Anxieties of Pliny, the Younger by : Stanley E. Hoffer

Download or read book The Anxieties of Pliny, the Younger written by Stanley E. Hoffer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new understanding of Pliny's letters by combining historical analysis of the social pressures that shape Pliny's authorial pose with close literary analysis of the letters themselves. It demonstrates how ruling-class ideology is disseminated and how it shapes the literary persona and personal identity of a ruling-class member. The powerful heuristic tool of examining the interplay between confidence and anxieties in the letters will help restore Pliny's relatively neglected masterpiece to a more prominent place in undergraduate Latin and Roman Civilization courses.

Pliny the Younger: 'Epistles'

Author : Pliny the Younger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107006899
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Pliny the Younger: 'Epistles' written by Pliny the Younger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first modern literary commentary on Pliny the Younger's Epistles II, essential reading for students and scholars of Roman literature.

Letters of Pliny: A Selection

Author : Carl Hope
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350156604
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Letters of Pliny: A Selection written by Carl Hope and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Pliny, Letters 1.9; 3.16; 4.2; 4.19; 8.8; 8.16; 8.17; 9.6, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English. The letters of Pliny the Younger provide a glimpse of what life at the start of the 2nd century AD was like for a member of the Roman elite, offering some insight into his roles and responsibilities, his daily concerns, and relationships both personal and professional. This wide-ranging selection includes letters of advice and praise, meditations on death and slavery, descriptions of nature or natural phenomena, and even disapproval of the Roman public's obsession with chariot-racing. Pliny shows various sides to his character and demonstrates his skill in writing, carefully constructing the persona he wants to project to posterity. Supporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https://www.bloomsbury.pub/OCR-editions-2024-2026

Roman Life in Pliny's Time

Author : Maurice Pellisson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roman Life in Pliny's Time written by Maurice Pellisson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger

Author : Roy K. Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110737703X
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger written by Roy K. Gibson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context and adopting a fresh and innovative approach to reading the letters as an artistically structured collection. Chapter 1 traces Pliny's autobiographical narrative throughout the Letters; Chapter 2 undertakes detailed study of Book 6 as an artistic entity; while Chapter 3 sets Pliny's letters within a Roman epistolographical tradition dominated by Cicero and Seneca. Chapters 4 to 7 study thematic letter cycles within the collection, including those on Pliny's famous country villas and his relationships with Pliny the Elder and Tacitus. The final chapter focuses on the 'grand design' which unifies and structures the collection. Four detailed appendices give invaluable historical and scholarly context, including a helpful timeline for Pliny's life and career, detailed bibliographical help on over 30 popular topics in Pliny's letters and a summary of the main characters mentioned in the Letters.

Women in the Letters of Pliny

Author : Ada Delberta Rowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Women in the Letters of Pliny written by Ada Delberta Rowell and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity

Author : Katherine Ann Shaner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190275065
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity written by Katherine Ann Shaner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slaves were ubiquitous in the first- and second-century CE Roman Empire, and early Christian texts reflect this fact. This book argues that enslaved persons engaged in leadership roles in civic and religious activities. Such roles created tension within religious groups, including second-century communities connected with Paul's legacy. -

From Pompeii

Author : Ingrid D. Rowland
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674416538
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book From Pompeii written by Ingrid D. Rowland and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the force of the explosion blew the top right off the mountain, burying nearby Pompeii in a shower of volcanic ash. Ironically, the calamity that proved so lethal for Pompeii's inhabitants preserved the city for centuries, leaving behind a snapshot of Roman daily life that has captured the imagination of generations. The experience of Pompeii always reflects a particular time and sensibility, says Ingrid Rowland. From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town explores the fascinating variety of these different experiences, as described by the artists, writers, actors, and others who have toured the excavated site. The city's houses, temples, gardens--and traces of Vesuvius's human victims--have elicited responses ranging from awe to embarrassment, with shifting cultural tastes playing an important role. The erotic frescoes that appalled eighteenth-century viewers inspired Renoir to change the way he painted. For Freud, visiting Pompeii was as therapeutic as a session of psychoanalysis. Crown Prince Hirohito, arriving in the Bay of Naples by battleship, found Pompeii interesting, but Vesuvius, to his eyes, was just an ugly version of Mount Fuji. Rowland treats readers to the distinctive, often quirky responses of visitors ranging from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain to Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. Interwoven throughout a narrative lush with detail and insight is the thread of Rowland's own impressions of Pompeii, where she has returned many times since first visiting in 1962.

The Elder Pliny's Chapters on the History of Art

Author : Pliny (the Elder.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Elder Pliny's Chapters on the History of Art written by Pliny (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: