HIST 1001 Chapter : Pliny And Marcus Aurelius
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Primary source analysis: scenes of imperial life as observed by a roman noble. Among pliny"s many letters are fascinating sketches of daily life in roman italy and the provinces. His description of the eruption of mount vesuvius and the death of his famous uncle, pliny the. F. c. t. bosanquet (london: george bell and sons, 1890), 97 98, 364 365; revised. This atrocious incident deserves wider publicity than it can receive in a private letter. Macedo, a man of praetorian rank, has suffered greatly at the hands of his slaves. Still it should be admitted that there was a haughtiness and severity to his behavior toward them that showed that he little remembered, indeed had almost entirely forgotten the fact that his own father had once been a slave. When they thought he was dead, they threw him down upon the heated pavement of the bath to make sure that he was not still alive.
