Letters Of Pliny - 9781986932417

GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS, usually known as Pliny the Younger, was born at Como in 62 A. D. He was only eight years old when his father Caecilius died, and he was adopted by his uncle, the elder Pliny, author of the Natural History. He was carefully educated, studying rhetoric under Quintilian and other famous teachers, and he became the most eloquent pleader of his time. In this and in much else he imitated Cicero, who had by this time come to be the recognized master of Latin style. While still young he served as military tribune in Syria, but he does not seem to have taken zealously to a soldier's life. On his return he entered politics under the Emperor Domitian; and in the year 100 A. D. was appointed consul by Trajan and admitted to confidential intercourse with that emperor.

• | Author: the Younger Pliny, William Melmoth
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Mar 29, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 180 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1986932419
• | ISBN-13: 9781986932417