This edition is particularly suitable for the central high school graduation exams in 2014 and 2015 in Lower Saxony. Cicero and Pliny, as outstanding representatives of Roman epistolary literature, provide us with valuable insights into the social and political everyday life of their respective historical contexts. The reading edition focuses on the peculiarities of the two collections of letters and encourages a comparison with one's own life experience. Classica is designed as a competence-oriented reading series. It presents the classics in a new, appealing, user-friendly, and competence-oriented format: Double-page principle: On each double page, you will find the Latin text along with tasks and supplementary material. Internal differentiation: The difficulty level of the texts is indicated, allowing you to see at a glance which texts are suitable for stronger or weaker students.