4. What other author do you associate with the Lake of Como? I, 8, illustration. 5. What regular profession did Pliny follow during the earlier years of his life? The latter? 6. Locate Bithynia on the map. Also Lake Como. (See classical atlas.) 7. What authors were intimate associates of Pliny? 8. Enumerate the good points in his character. STYLE AND WORKS 1. In what way does Pliny say we may add to the length of our lives? V, 71. 2. Are his writings confined to his "Letters"? 3. Of what special use are the "Letters" to us? 4. How do we know that Pliny wrote his letters with publication in mind? 5. What does he say of Phidias's attention to detail in his sculpture? VI, 359. 6. Why should his correspondence with Trajan be of special interest to us? 7. What do we glean from the correspondence as to the character of Trajan? 8. Compare his account of the destruction of Pompeii with that of Lytton. VIII, 285. 9. State what proficiency the Romans had attained in the art of landscape gardening. 10. What would you judge to have been the climate of Tuscany, from the allusion to plane, cypress, and other trees and plants mentioned? 11. What reason lay behind the persecution of the Christians? Do you think it was entirely religious? 12. What was the social condition of Rome at this time? 13. Did persecution lessen the number of adherents to Christianity? 14. What was Pliny's estimate of this religion? 15. Was Trajan a just ruler, if his short letter be taken as an indication of his character? FOR REFERENCE "Roman Life in Pliny's Time."--PELLISON. "Letters."--Ed. BOSANQUET. "Roads from Rome."--ALLINSON. FOOTNOTES: [1] These authors represent the transition from the Renaissance to Classicism. [2] Josephus is a remarkable example of the authority and influence of Rome. He was a Jew, whose work might be classed as Hebrew and hence as Oriental literature, and likewise as Greek literature since he wrote in Greek. But he was educated at Rome and trained so thoroughly upon Roman ideas and thought that his writings must be included under this head. [3] See Latin Lit., _note_. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Footnote [1] is referenced multiple times from page 25. Footnote [3] ("See Latin Lit., _note_") is in fact referencing Footnote [2]. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, death-bed, deathbed; Snow Image, Snow-Image; skilful; unexcelled; unreligious; unmoral; enigmatical.