PLINY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF BITHYNIA-PONTUS (EPISTOLAE, LIBER X)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study about Book X of the Epistolae of Pliny the Younger, focused on his government of the province of Bithynia-Pontus at the beginning of the second century AD. Our main objective is to know and to interpret how works the administrative system of the imperial provinces during the High Empire from this exceptional testimony. Based on this purpose, we are going to show the significance of the provincial government of a State as wide and diverse as the Roman Empire was.