He was offering comedians, readers, AND lyre players, and he was still stood up?? I hope that those dancing girls from Cadiz were worth it. 🤣🤣

What’s striking is that this letter was preserved, either by the sender, who might’ve thought better of sending once he’d sobered, or by the recipient, who might’ve shown it to her friends for amusement. 😂

This voice is ideal for this letter.

"I survived Vesuvius for THIS?!'

I would love to dine with Pliny the Younger, especially when he has a list of entertainers and excellent food to offer. This is an opportunity that I could not miss.

Pliny speaks of "Barley Water". Fun fact is that Russian River Brewing Company has an IPA named Pliny the Elder which has been one of the top rated IPA's for some time (Also a seasonal Pliny the Younger) I had only heard of their involvement in eruption of Vesuvius after I visited Pompeii.

The Romans even had Michellin star dining back in 97 AD…Heston Blumenthal and Gordon Ramsay..eat your heart out..😂😂😂

Before passive aggressiveness was invented, Romans were just straight-up aggressive.

People have always been petty😂

In two decades of Latin study, I never expected Pliny to sound like that. Original text, for those interested (delightfully, he includes a full, polite salutation to Clarus): C. Plinius Septicio Claro suo s. Heus tu! Promittis ad cenam, nec venis? Dicitur ius: ad assem impendium reddes, nec id modicum. [2] Paratae erant lactucae singulae, cochleae ternae, ova bina, halica cum mulso et nive - nam hanc quoque computabis, immo hanc in primis quae perit in ferculo -, olivae betacei cucurbitae bulbi, alia mille non minus lauta. Audisses comoedos vel lectorem vel lyristen vel - quae mea liberalitas - omnes. [3] At tu apud nescio quem ostrea vulvas echinos Gaditanas maluisti. Dabis poenas, non dico quas. Dure fecisti: invidisti, nescio an tibi, certe mihi, sed tamen et tibi. Quantum nos lusissemus risissemus studuissemus! [4] Potes apparatius cenare apud multos, nusquam hilarius simplicius incautius. In summa experire, et nisi postea te aliis potius excusaveris, mihi semper excusa. Vale.

Dude must have been kicking himself when he realized he could have been eating snails instead of sea urchins.

Love it

"We could have had a great causal time, innocent and unguarded, but now I'm going to sue you." More like WHINY the Younger, m i rite?

Like an rpg dialogue box > [Bye] "Farewell" (npc walks away )

Aww, poor guy, I'm sure that hurt! And yes, snow was rare and hard to come by! It is hard to compete with dancing girls, though. I hope they made up!

Pliny! Letters I.15

She was right to stand him up.

are these letters real

Lol Roman ‘Nice Guy’

🐌🐌🐌 🤣

OG Noce Guy

I wonder how much did Pliny the Younger spend on this dinner? That must have been quite a large sum.

Is this Martial?

More like Pliny the Whinger.

It sounds like Trump 😅

Performing girls from Cadiz? Ew

This guy is rubbish. When you don't know what to do: just shout.

Like an rpg dialogue box > [Bye] "Farewell" (npc walks away )