Book XVI of Tacitus' Annals is the last of the surviving books of
the great Roman historian's monumental account of the reigns of the
emperors from Tiberius to Nero. The unfinished book offers a
stunning portrait of Nero in his last years, a man now free of the
restraining influences of his mother Agrippina and tutor Seneca.
Annals XVI presents such unforgettable scenes as the spectacle of
Petronius' suicide, and the mad quest of Nero to find the gold of
the Carthaginian queen Dido. This edition provides a commentary to
the entire book, with notes carefully aimed at first-time readers
of Tacitus as well as more advanced students. An introduction
provides a guide to what we know of Tacitus' life and work, as well
as to the reign of Nero and Tacitus' depiction of an empire in
transition, of a Rome teetering on the verge of chaos and collapse.
A full vocabulary at the end of the volume is a vital resource for
students preparing this text for class work or assessment.
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