Sämtliche Briefe: Lateinisch / Deutsch

by Pliny the Younger, Heribert Philips (Translator, editor), Marion Giebel (translator, editor)

Plinius der Jüngere (61/62–113 n. Chr.) war Anwalt und Politiker in Rom, in Kleinasien später Provinzstatthalter. Seine gesammelten Briefe in zehn Büchern bilden eine unschätzbare Quelle für das politische, literarische und kulturelle Leben der Kaiserzeit. Sie sind an über hundert verschiedene Adressaten gerichtet, die einen Querschnitt der römischen Oberschicht repräsentieren. Die Themen, die der Autor behandelt, betreffen seine Prozesstätigkeit, seine literarischen Studien, die Verwaltung von Landgütern – bis hin zu den berühmten Schilderungen des Vesuv-Ausbruchs im Jahre 79 n. Chr. oder dem Briefwechsel mit Kaiser Trajan über den Umgang des Staates mit den Christen.

925 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1998

About the author

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 AD – ca. 112 AD), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him and they were both witnesses to the eruption of Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD.

"You would have heard the wails of women, the shrieks of infants, shouts of men; some were seeking parents with their voices, others children, others spouses, and by their voices they were recognizing them; some were pitying their own misfortune, others the misfortune of their families; there were those who - due to the fear of death - were praying for death; many raised their hands toward the gods, more were concluding that there were no gods anywhere, and that this was the perpetual and final night for the world."

-Pliny the Younger, Letters, 16.20.14-15