Man of high empire : the life of Pliny the Younger / Roy K. Gibson.
Man of high empire : the life of Pliny the Younger / Roy K. Gibson.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/3505
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English
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xviii, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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unmediated
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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New York (State)
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[2020]
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"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...
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Man of high empire : the life of Pliny the Younger / Roy K. Gibson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-288) and indexes.
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G 2020/3505
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74VKa6242mp3
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0199948194 (hardcover)
9780199948192 (hardcover)
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876.01
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991024338415202626
