The Libraries of Pliny the Younger (and Their Relationship with the Books of Pliny the Elder)
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Pliny the Younger’s Laurentine villa
Location: ‘Villa Magna’ in Castelporziano or ‘Pliny’s Villa’
[‘La Palombara’] in Castel Fusano ?
Period of
activity: 79-111 or 112 CE ?
Pliny the
Younger’s domus urbana
Location: Esquiline, Rome
Period of
activity: 79-111 or 112 CE ?
Pliny the
Elder’s (?) domus in Misenum
Location: Cape Misenum
Period of
activity: before 79 CE
Scheda letteraria
a cura di Marta Maria Perilli
DOI 10.35948/DILEF/Dalib/22
The entry deals with the places where Pliny the
Younger kept his books: the Laurentine villa, situated in the Ostia area, and
the domus on the Esquiline in Rome, both of which were his properties
probably from 79 to 111 or 112 CE. It also
examines the size of Pliny the Younger’s book collection, paying particular
attention to the books bequeathed by Pliny the Elder and the intense literary
exchanges between the two. It also
discusses the possibility of Pliny the Elder having a small book collection in
Misenum, to which Pliny the Younger had access before his uncle’s death.
Immagini
Planimetria della Villa di Castel Fusano "di Plinio" (da De Franceschini 2005, p. 260, fig. 93.1)
Planimetria della Villa di Grotte di Piastra a Castelporziano (da De Franceschini 2005, p. 265, fig. 96.1)
Mappa di Misenum, con ipotesi di localizzazione della domus dove soggiornava Plinio il Giovane nel 79 d.C. (da Foss 2022, p. 178, fig. 4.1)
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