Man of High Empire: The Life of Pliny the Younger

by Gibson and Roy K. Gibson

Pliny the Younger (c. 60-112 C.E.)--senator and consul in the Rome of emperors Domitian and Trajan, eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, and early 'persecutor' of Christians on the Black Sea--remains Rome's best documented private individual between Cicero and Augustine. No Roman writer, not even Vergil, ties his identity to the regions of Italy more successfully than Pliny. His individuality can be captured by focusing on the range of locales...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197654835
• ISBN13: 9780197654835
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"