Pliny's Letters

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1872. Pliny the younger witnessed the great eruption of Vesuvius. In the following year he commenced practice as an advocate in Rome. For a short time he served as a military tribune in Syria. Returning to Rome, he was made Quaestor and then Paretor. He was also Consul. Contents: Pliny's Early Days-Sketch of the Reigns of Vespasian and Titus-Pliny the Elder, In the Great Eruption of Vesuvius, Reign of Terror-Domitian's Last Days-Banishment of the Philosophers, The New Age-Vengeance on the Informers-The Great Provincial Trials, The Roman Bar-Pliny's Practice in the Court of the Hundred, Men of Letters at Rome, Public Readings, Comum, Pliny's Birthplace-His Lively Interest in Its Welfare, Pliny's Family and Friends, Country Life-Pliny's Villas, Pliny in His Province, and Pliny's Opinions and Habits. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.