2. Student Study Book - Cambridge School Classics Project
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77. The marriage (like Pliny’s two previous marriages) was childless. Calpurnia became pregnant but suffereda miscarriage. In about AD 111 she accompanied Pliny to Bithynia. In the last two letters in <strong>Book</strong> X (Pliny’scorrespondence with the emperor Trajan) Pliny asks for and receives Trajan’s permission for Calpurnia to usethe official “fast-track” travel system of the Roman Empire in order to return to Italy: Fabatus has died, andCalpurnia wishes to get back as soon as possible to comfort Hispulla. (An “official pass” known as a diploma,entitled the bearer to demand transport from the local authorities.) Pliny did not see Calpurnia again, but died inBithynia. Nothing more is known of Calpurnia.Note73. She was in fact about fourteen – quite normal for a Roman bride.92 WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage
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