THE SHADOW OF VESUVIUS
A LIFE OF PLINY
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When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledg e, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elders notebooks?filled with pearls of wisdom?and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biog raphy of the younger man, who would grow up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empi re from th...Estat: Disponible per a compra en línia en 10-15 dies
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DetallsGROVE-ATLANTIC
2019
336 pàgines
Format: Otros
ISBN: 9781631496394
Idioma: INGLÉSMatèria: Estudis de literatura clàssica