Pliny: Letters to Trajan

Pliny: Letters to Trajan

Course Description: In this course, we will read selected letters from Pliny the Younger’s correspondence with the Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 C.E.). Our focus will be the letters dating from Pliny’s tenure as governor of Bithynia-Pontus (c. 110-113 C.E.) in northwestern Turkey. These missives—which include many of Trajan’s own replies—cover a wide range of interesting topics including ancient firefighting, Roman engineering & construction, and most famously, Christianity, with Pliny being our earliest known Latin source on the customs and practices of the early Christians.

DETAILS

Level: Students should come with a firm grasp of Latin grammar and have experience reading continuous texts.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials.

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Mondays, 8:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Cost
$250

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Instructor

Gabriel Kuhl

Gabe Kuhl holds a B.A in Classics from Randolph College. He worked with Paideia as a Rome Fellow and later joined the Peace Corps to teach English in North Macedonia. He now lives and works in the Washington DC metropolitan area, where he is finishing up his M.A. in International Security