ipl-logo

What Is Pony's Speech In A. D. 100 Pliny The Younger

1219 Words5 Pages

Trevor Jackson Dr. Jack Wells HIST 322-01 28 April 2024. Paper Three: Reading 12: Pliny the Younger In A.D 100 Pliny the Younger wrote a speech due to his new role of consulship to the Emperor at the time Trajan. In this very long speech he spoke very highly of Trajan and poorly of the emperor’s before him. Assuming he wanted more support from higher-up’s as he was consul now and speaking poorly of an emperor or even mentioning some of his faults would quite possibly be a terrible idea. Today we will be exploring Pliny’s speech on how it made Trajan look like a humble man and a God, strengths of the source, weaknesses of the source, and how credible the source is. Pliny the Younger made Trajan seem like the perfect Emperor. In a previous source that I wrote about earlier with Augustus and how he writes about his accomplishments. This time it is another man writing about what’s so great about Trajan. Pliny has a list’s of all the compliments he has in his box for Trajan. He goes as far as saying, “For what gift of the Gods could be greater and more glorious than a prince whose purity and virtue …show more content…

henceforth making it a primary source in it’s best regard. It does have a ton of essence behind it and power since it is from the time period of 100 A.D. and especially the reign of Trajan. We see how one in power handles a speech around a Roman Emperor this “magnificent.” Pliny being the consul he is shines in his compliments to Trajan, which he assumed helped gain support from him as well. It shows what an elite member of society did to get the support of just an emperor throughout the empire. Even if Pliny painted Trajan as not being feared due to his humble nature it makes you think he was afraid that he would be shunned or even so far as killed by the emperor if he actually said so much so as to a little bit of what he was doing incorrectly. Which leads us to our weaknesses in the

Show More
Related
467 Words | 2 Pages

Suetonius wrote about the life of Cesar Augustus, the emperor of Rome. Suetonius tried to justify his dictatorship to the people of Rome, so that future generations would have no contradictory ideas towards the government. In this way, Rome would maintain peace, and people would follow and take as an example the government of Cesar Augustus as the best of all. The solution of Suetonius was to give a good image to the readers with the actions and facts that the emperor did at that time, “Found it on brick, but left it on marble” (Suetonius,115). Suetonius made the emperor look like a perfect person, who governed rigidly but obtained an efficient and honest administration.

Read More
1270 Words | 6 Pages

His bravery and confidence along with his promises have grabbed the attention of the Senate so much that they in fact decided to give him special roles and even nicknamed him to show his superior power. These acknowledgments and acts by Augustus show how he was praised by the community and government of Rome as a great leader and

Read More
1492 Words | 6 Pages

The Life of Marius, written by Plutarch, is a fascinating ancient source detailing the career of the Roman Gaius Marius, 127-86BC. While there are interpretive and reliability issues, the Life of Marius is a particularly useful and significant source. It is our only extensive primary source on Marius, who was a key political figure of late Republican Rome. Additionally, Plutarch’s work indicates not only many crucial military and political development in Rome in the time period, but also gives a reflection of Plutarch’s own Rome and its values and political climate.

Read More
874 Words | 4 Pages

In the first chapters of Book VI of the Annals, Tacitus describes the early youth of Aelius Sejanus. Almost immediately, we are aware of the fact that both Tiberius and Sejanus, in some way, are responsible for the end of Rome’s peaceful reign. In this way, Tacitus portrays the negative impression received from both characters in a multitude of ways. Firstly, Tacitus recalls the events of Sejanus persuading the emperor Tiberius to situate the praetorian guard outside the city of Rome and by the gate instead.

Read More
284 Words | 2 Pages

Julian Mayugba Professor Antonio Acevedo HIS 210-ONR01 18 March 2017 AS1: Pliny and Trajan “For who can better give guidance to my hesitation or inform my ignorance?” Pliny, Letters 10.96-97 shows the interaction in letters between the Pliny the Younger, the governor of Pontus-Bithynia, and Emperor Trajan. The letters involved Pliny the Younger asking Emperor Trajan for advice when dealing with the trials of Christians.

Read More
299 Words | 2 Pages

In the documentary “Bowling for Columbine”, which is directed by Michael Moore, there is an abundance of fallacious arguments. From the most obvious Post Hoc fallacies demonstrated to strengthen the director’s argument, to the numerous fallacies committed by Moore himself, there is no shortage from which to choose. The fallacies that I have chosen to focus on are the Post Hoc used by Moore’s “opponents” and his own hasty generalizations and composition fallacies. The title of the film “Bowling for Columbine” is and ode to the fallacious reasoning of the gun proponents that Moore encounters throughout the film. Many of these figures cite the music of alternative rock singer Marilyn Manson as a driving force behind the Columbine school shooting,

Read More
1082 Words | 5 Pages

He also uses a variety of positive diction in addition to a praising tone to appeal to Caesar’s prideful nature using phrases such as ‘smiling Romans,’ ‘great Rome,’ ‘Reviving blood’ and ‘cognizance’ to describe how the dream sees Caesar and his rule to empower the Roman Republic (Shakespeare. II.ii.48-51). Furthermore Decius appeals more to Caesar as his listener and acknowledges this by continuously using second person point of view to capture his attention. Reoccurring use of this second person can be seen as in ‘Your statue,’ ‘from you,’ ‘If you shall send,’ and ‘to your proceeding bids’ and the use of this styling aids Decius in influencing Caesar’s opinions (Shakespeare. II.ii.47-65).

Read More
545 Words | 3 Pages

Correspondence with Trajan is a series of communications between the magistrate Pliny the Younger and the Roman emperor Trajan. Being a magistrate Pliny was an elected official of Rome and based on these communications it seems like he had the duty of observing Roman cities and events happening in them, and reporting to the emperor in case there was anything he needed to address. By studying these communications, one can gain insight into Rome’s administration. There are multiple parts of Rome’s administration that these communications can help someone understand, the first being the relationship between government officials and the emperor. In his messages, Pliny discusses various events happening in different cities, for example a fire

Read More
501 Words | 3 Pages

Tacitus spends a significant amount of time, including parts of chapters 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, and 14, on the Germanic peoples’ tendency for war. In these chapters, Tacitus discusses their battle tactics, the role of women ( “they do not despise their counsels, or make light of their answers”), and honor. Tacitus admires them for their courage and system of honor (“The chief fights for victory; his vassals fight for their chief”), and could perhaps have meant these chapters as a warning and challenge to the Romans: The Germans are fierce and dangerous, and we must match their valor to

Read More
752 Words | 4 Pages

He really cared about his He brought peace to the sea, Gaul, Spain and Germany. He gave out grains and money to men when taxes fell short. I don’t think this document is reliable as I may have been biased as he is writing about himself. Anybody would say nice things about themselves. D: Soldier Augustus is a good leader; he brought peace and treated everyone equally.

Read More
894 Words | 4 Pages

(McKay et al., 2014, p.167). Despite dealing with the death of Trajan (cousin), openly being gay, and maintain an empire; he was still a determined force to be reckoned with because in spite of handling all of the things that came with

Read More
187 Words | 1 Pages

Natural Selection Study By: Seamus Recently in Norwell, Massachusetts we have noticed a significant change in the population of the gray mice. There has been a severe drought here in Norwell and it is causing decrease in the gray mice population. The brown mice are fitting in with their environment which is helping them survive.

Read More
934 Words | 4 Pages

This effectively caused Christians to stop the practice of a common meal and gathering together. Pliny died one year after this correspondence and whilst his initiatives were validated by Trajan, Trajan introduced conditions re Christian prosecution, Trajan’s succinct answer introduced three guidelines and reaffirmed Pliny’s stance. Two guidelines were advantageous to the infant church viz Christians could not be actively sought out, case by case and he ruled that anonymous letters or postings were prohibited.

Read More
1494 Words | 6 Pages

Coordination between aristocrats was necessary in order to keep the political and bureaucratic functions of the empire running smoothly, and more often than not, the performance of assigned duties would have required the assistance or resources of others. This would have been especially true for those performing these duties at a great distance, as Pliny was during his governorship in Bithynia, Cicero, during his governorship in Cilicia, or Caesar, during his many military campaigns. This distance exacerbated one of the inherent problems of letter­writing in the ancient world: the difficulty of sending and receiving letters. The differing responses of the pairs to this obstacle provide an opportunity for Pliny’s relationship with Trajan to be favourably compared with Cicero’s relationship with Caesar. For although, as White says, Cicero’s relationship with Caesar was “one of the most productive connections that Cicero acquired” in terms of patronage and largess, Caesar’s use of his distance and constant mobility as a tactic of personal manipulation placed Cicero at a distance and emphasized the power disparity between the two.6 Caesar’s correspondence arrived to Cicero through lines of communication that were established by Caesar himself, and he often portrayed himself as busy as well as geographically distant, which lead to letters that were brief and indirect.

Read More
700 Words | 3 Pages

While the epic is set in a heroic past, the politics are relevant to Virgil’s own era, not unlike platonic myths, Virgil creates an analogy between falsehoods and truth. Secondly, Virgil alludes to Augustus in prophecies and visions, take for example the Great Shield of Aeneas at the finale of book 8. This shield depicts the history of Roman wars, for the purposes of this essay, most notably the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, it depicts Augustus as a saviour of Rome and suggests that like Hercules, he will become a god. His family ties are again recognised through the Julian star above his head. In this poem, 54 lines are dedicated to Augustus’ success,

Read More

More about What Is Pony's Speech In A. D. 100 Pliny The Younger

Open Document