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Although it is clear that Pliny executed Christians, neither Pliny nor Trajan mention the crime that Christians had committed, except for being a Christian; and other historical sources do not provide a simple answer to this question. [3] Trajan's response to Pliny makes it clear that being known as a "Christian" was sufficient for judicial action.
However, arguably the most famous literary figure to appear in Pliny's letters is his uncle. His nephew provides details of how his uncle worked tirelessly to finish his magnum opus, the Historia Naturalis (Natural History). [5] As heir to his uncle's estate, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder's large library, benefiting from the acquisition.
Pliny the Younger wrote hundreds of letters, of which 247 survived, and which are of great historical value. Some are addressed to reigning emperors or to notables such as the historian Tacitus . Pliny served as an imperial magistrate under Trajan (reigned 98–117), [ 2 ] and his letters to Trajan provide one of the few surviving records of ...
Of his varied books of poetry, only his victory odes survive in complete form. The rest are known only by quotations in other works or papyrus scraps unearthed in Egypt. Lost plays of Plautus. He wrote approximately 130 plays, of which 21 survive. Lost poems and orations of Pliny the Younger. Rhetorical works of Julius Pollux.
In the first letter of his famous collection of correspondence, the Epistulae, Pliny the Younger credits Septicius’ constant urgings for motivating him to publish his letters. The intimate friendship between the two is evident in another letter where Pliny playfully chides Septicius for not appearing at a lavish dinner party. [2]
Pliny was a popular author in the late 4th century—Quintus Aurelius Symmachus modeled his letters on Pliny's, for example [29] —and the whole collection might have been designed as an exemplum in his honor. [30] He later revised and considerably expanded the work, which for this reason is by far the longest of the whole collection.
More recently, the authenticity of this letter has been seriously questioned, on the basis of stylometric analysis which seems to indicate that a different person wrote the letter than wrote the others contained in the tenth "book" of Pliny's collected epistles, although a majority of historians view the letter as authentic.
4 Should focus on the letters between Pliny and Trajan. 7 comments. 5 Authenticity of Book X. 1 comment. 6 cognitio extraordinarem. 2 comments. 7 Contumacia. 16 comments.