Annalium ab excessu divi Augusti libri. The annals of Tacitus
Author : Cornelius Tacitus
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Release : 1982
Category : Rome
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Author : Cornelius Tacitus
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File Size : 12,57 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Rome
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Author : Cornelius Tacitus
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Release : 1896
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Author : Cornelius Tacitus
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Page : 772 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Rome
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Author : Cornelius Tacitus
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Page : 636 pages
File Size : 35,39 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Rome
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Author : Cornelius Tacitus
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Page : 692 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Rome
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Author : Cornelius Tacitus
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Page : 738 pages
File Size : 34,16 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Rome
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Author : Cornelius Tacitus
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Page : 730 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Rome
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Author : Mathew Owen
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1783740000
e emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome's most infamous villains, and Tacitus' Annals have played a central role in shaping the mainstream historiographical understanding of this flamboyant autocrat. This section of the text plunges us straight into the moral cesspool that Rome had apparently become in the later years of Nero's reign, chronicling the emperor's fledgling stage career including his plans for a grand tour of Greece; his participation in a city-wide orgy climaxing in his publicly consummated 'marriage' to his toy boy Pythagoras; the great fire of AD 64, during which large parts of central Rome went up in flames; and the rising of Nero's 'grotesque' new palace, the so-called 'Golden House', from the ashes of the city. This building project stoked the rumours that the emperor himself was behind the conflagration, and Tacitus goes on to present us with Nero's gruesome efforts to quell these mutterings by scapegoating and executing members of an unpopular new cult then starting to spread through the Roman empire: Christianity. All this contrasts starkly with four chapters focusing on one of Nero's most principled opponents, the Stoic senator Thrasea Paetus, an audacious figure of moral fibre, who courageously refuses to bend to the forces of imperial corruption and hypocrisy. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and a commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Owen's and Gildenhard's incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both A2 and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis and historical background to encourage critical engagement with Tacitus' prose and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought.
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Page : 464 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 1897
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 34,38 MB
Release : 2023-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1350162361
This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Annals XIV, 1–13, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level. Tacitus is one of the great Roman historians. His Annals, written in the early-2nd century CE, described the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius and Nero, covering the years 14–68 CE. In this selection he provides a memorable vignette of Nero's decadence and cruelty in the failed and then successful murder of his own mother, Agrippina. The drama of Nero's reign must be read in the context of Tacitus' perspective as an author writing within living memory of the events he describes, events which shaped the further development of imperial rule. Supporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https://www.bloomsbury.pub/OCR-editions-2024-2026