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Tacitus: Annals V and VI (Latin, Paperback, New Ed)
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Tacitus: Annals V and VI (Latin, Paperback, New Ed)
Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
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Books V and VI of Tacitus' Annals, when complete, carried the
narrative of Tiberius' reign from AD 29 to 37. Unfortunately most
of Book V has been lost, and, with it, Tacitus' account of the
sensational events that led to the execution on 18 October in AD 31
of Aelius Sejanus. Nevertheless, Annals VI contains a fascinating
variety of incidents both at Rome and on Capri, to which Tiberius
had retired permanently in AD 27. But, in addition to all the
material that portrays Tiberius in a highly unfavourable light,
there is much in Annals VI that shows a very different side to his
character. Whereas Suetonius talks of an elderly emperor who
discarded all interest in public affairs from the time he retired
to Capri, Tacitus portrays a more complex character - one in which
cruelty and vice stand alongside a deep concern for Rome's
prosperity at home and abroad. Annals VI provides an absorbing
account of the varied aspects of the behaviours and personality of
Rome's most enigmatic emperor during the final years of his life.
Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and
commentary.
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