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NISBET ON MARTIAL BOOK 12: TWO NOTES
T.J. Leary
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06 July 2022, pp. 450-452
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These notes present two, hitherto largely unnoticed, conjectures by Professor R.G.M. Nisbet, relating to Martial Book 12.

PLINY, LETTERS 10.98. A METAPHOR FOR THE SOLUTION TO THE CHRISTIAN PROBLEM?
Martin Beckmann
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04 July 2022, pp. 452-455
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I argue that letter 98 of Book 10 of Pliny's Letters (= Epistulae) was deliberately moved from its original position in the sequence of letters in order to serve as a metaphor for the solution to the problem of Christians in Bithynia and Pontus. This solves a chronological problem in Pliny's Letters and is evidence of the hand of an active editor.

ANTHOLOGIA LATINA 109.8 SHB: A NEW READING FOR YOU
T.J. Leary
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06 July 2022, pp. 455-458
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This note addresses briefly the difficulties associated with the personalities named in the epigram Anth. Lat. 109.8 ShB and their roles before suggesting that tibi should be read rather than mihi in line 8.

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