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Tacitus' account of Nero's principate is an extraordinary piece of
historical writing. His graphic narrative (including Annals XV) is
one of the highlights of the greatest surviving historian of the
Roman Empire. It describes how the imperial system survived Nero's
flamboyant and hedonistic tenure as emperor, and includes many
famous passages, from the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 to the
city-wide party organised by Nero's praetorian prefect, Tigellinus,
in Rome. This edition unlocks the difficulties and complexities of
this challenging yet popular text for students and instructors
alike. It elucidates the historical context of the work and the
literary artistry of the author, as well as explaining grammatical
difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a
comprehensive introduction discussing historical, literary and
stylistic issues.
The Histories is the first historical work by Rome's most
accomplished and challenging historian, Tacitus. It narrates the
brutal civil wars which broke out in AD 68-9 across the Roman
Empire after the suicide of the last Julio-Claudian emperor, Nero.
Book II covers the bloody finale of the war between two of those
emperors, Otho and Vitellius, and the emerging challenge from the
eventual victor, Vespasian. The progression of events,
kaleidoscopic and gripping, unfolds over a broad geographical sweep
and is presented by Tacitus with consummate artistry. This
commentary on Histories Book II, the first in English for
twenty-five years, elucidates historical questions, clarifies
Tacitus' historiographical techniques and explains grammatical
difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a Latin
text, relevant maps, and a comprehensive introduction discussing
historical, literary and stylistic questions.
This collection of seminal and lively articles on the Roman
historian of the early empire, Tacitus, is written by a wide range
of established experts in the field. Tacitus is best known for his
extraordinary historical narratives on the Roman emperors from
Tiberius to Nero and the civil wars which followed the death of
Nero in AD 68. The articles are designed to reflect the main trends
in scholarship on Tacitus, particularly as they have developed over
the last century, and to situate this Roman author in his literary
and historical context. Beginning with a comprehensive
introduction, Ash sets the selected scholarship in context and
discusses the history of modern critical responses to Tacitus.
Covering the whole of Tacitus' works (the Agricola, Germania,
Dialogus, as well as the historical narratives, the Histories and
the Annals), this volume also includes articles published in
English for the very first time.
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The Histories (Paperback)
Tacitus; Introduction by Rhiannon Ash; Revised by Rhiannon Ash; Translated by Kenneth Wellesley
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R345
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Discovery Miles 2 740
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In AD68 Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of
imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger,
though not of chaos. In the surviving books of his Histories the
barrister-historian Tacitus, writing some thirty years after the
events he describes, gives us a detailed account based on excellent
authorities. In the 'long but single year' of revolution four
emperors emerge in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian
- who established the Flavian dynasty. Rhiannon Ash stays true to
the spirit of Wellesley's prose whilst making the translation more
accessible to modern readers.
Tacitus' account of Nero's principate is an extraordinary piece of
historical writing. His graphic narrative (including Annals XV) is
one of the highlights of the greatest surviving historian of the
Roman Empire. It describes how the imperial system survived Nero's
flamboyant and hedonistic tenure as emperor, and includes many
famous passages, from the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 to the
city-wide party organised by Nero's praetorian prefect, Tigellinus,
in Rome. This edition unlocks the difficulties and complexities of
this challenging yet popular text for students and instructors
alike. It elucidates the historical context of the work and the
literary artistry of the author, as well as explaining grammatical
difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a
comprehensive introduction discussing historical, literary and
stylistic issues.
This collection of seminal and lively articles on the Roman
historian of the early empire, Tacitus, is written by a wide range
of established experts in the field. Tacitus is best known for his
extraordinary historical narratives on the Roman emperors from
Tiberius to Nero and the civil wars which followed the death of
Nero in AD 68. The articles are designed to reflect the main trends
in scholarship on Tacitus, particularly as they have developed over
the last century, and to situate this Roman author in his literary
and historical context. Beginning with a comprehensive
introduction, Ash sets the selected scholarship in context and
discusses the history of modern critical responses to Tacitus.
Covering the whole of Tacitus' works (the Agricola, Germania,
Dialogus, as well as the historical narratives, the Histories and
the Annals), this volume also includes articles published in
English for the very first time.
The Histories is the first historical work by Rome's most
accomplished and challenging historian, Tacitus. It narrates the
brutal civil wars which broke out in AD 68-9 across the Roman
Empire after the suicide of the last Julio-Claudian emperor, Nero.
Book II covers the bloody finale of the war between two of those
emperors, Otho and Vitellius, and the emerging challenge from the
eventual victor, Vespasian. The progression of events,
kaleidoscopic and gripping, unfolds over a broad geographical sweep
and is presented by Tacitus with consummate artistry. This
commentary on Histories Book II, the first in English for
twenty-five years, elucidates historical questions, clarifies
Tacitus' historiographical techniques and explains grammatical
difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a Latin
text, relevant maps, and a comprehensive introduction discussing
historical, literary and stylistic questions.
This series of short incisive books introduces major figures of the
ancient world to the modern general reader, including the
essentials of each subject's life, works, and significance for
later western civilisation. Tacitus is arguably the most
significant writer of the Roman imperial period. His biting
creativity is best known to us through his historical narratives.
The Histories ruthlessly depicts the disastrous civil wars which
exploded in AD 68-9, while the Annals chillingly documents the
murky principates of the Julio-Claudian emperors from Tiberius to
Nero. Tacitus is driven throughout by a desire to reveal escalating
corruption and selfish ambitions and to demonstrate how and why
such a debased world evolved after the death of Augustus. This book
sets Tacitus clearly in context, surveying all his works and
clarifying the traditions of ancient writing that informed and
shaped his narratives. It also traces how his works have been used
and abused in subsequent eras.
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