Plinius the Younger in his Epistles sketches a portrait of ideal Roman landowner, comparable to that of the ideal country gentleman of modern Great Britain. Plinius and his friends pose in a continuous aspiration both to 'otium' and 'negotium', intellectual and physical activities, among which hunting has a privileged role.
Rivoltella, M., Ritratto di gentiluomo in posa da cacciatore. Su caccia e 'rusticatio' nell'epistolario pliniano, in Neronia IXLa villégiature dans le monde romainde Tibère à HadrienActes du IXe congrès de la SIEN, (Villa Vigoni, Loveno di Menaggio,, 03-06 October 2012), Ausonius Éditions, Paris-Bordeaux 2014:<<SCRIPTA ANTIQUA>>, 99-104 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/60166]
Ritratto di gentiluomo in posa da cacciatore. Su caccia e 'rusticatio' nell'epistolario pliniano
Rivoltella, Massimo
2014
Abstract
Plinius the Younger in his Epistles sketches a portrait of ideal Roman landowner, comparable to that of the ideal country gentleman of modern Great Britain. Plinius and his friends pose in a continuous aspiration both to 'otium' and 'negotium', intellectual and physical activities, among which hunting has a privileged role.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.