Pliny the Younger’s letters are among the most rewarding documents from the Roman imperial world. Covering everything from the eruption of Vesuvius (which killed his uncle Pliny the Elder) to the management of his country estates, dinner party etiquette, literary friendships with Tacitus, and the persecution of Christians under Trajan, they bring the social and intellectual life of first and second century Rome into vivid focus.
This free EPUB is cleanly formatted for modern e-readers. The letters are short, self-contained, and endlessly engaging — ideal reading for anyone who wants to meet Rome at its most human and most cultivated.