From Augustus to Nero - An Intermediate Latin Reader

Informationen zum Autor Garrett G. Fagan is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and History, The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Bathing in the Roman World (1999) and has also written a wide range of articles on the Roman world and pseudoarchaeology. Paul Murgatroyd is Professor of Classics at McMaster University. His publications include The Amatory Elegies of Johannes Secundus (2000) and Mythical and Legendary Narrative In Ovid's Fasti (forthcoming), as well as commentaries on Tibullus and a selection from Ovid's Ars Amatoria suitable for undergraduates. He is also a published Latin poet with numerous translations into and free compositions in Latin verse. Klappentext The reigns of the first five Roman emperors were characterised by murder, mayhem, debauchery and palace intrigue. This reader contains selections from the writings on the period of Tacitus, Suetonius and Seneca, and is aimed at students moving on to genuine, unsimplified Latin prose after completing an introductory Latin course. With a useful introduction, detailed notes on grammar and translation, a full vocabulary, and passages of historical comment and literary criticism, it allows students to read real Latin with facility, perception and enjoyment. Zusammenfassung This reader contains selections from Tacitus! Suetonius and Seneca on the reigns of the first five Roman emperors. Aimed at students moving on to genuine! unsimplified Latin prose after completing an introductory Latin course! it includes notes on grammar and translation! a full vocabulary! and historical and literary comment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Augustus; 2. Tiberius; 3. Caligula (Gaius); 4. Claudius; 5. Nero; Vocabulary.

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• Authors: Garratt G. Fagan, Garrett G. Fagan, Garrett G. (Pennsylvania State University) Fagan, Garrett G. Murgatroyd Fagan, Gary Fagan, Gary (Pennsylvania State University) Fagan, Paul Murgatroyd, Paul (McMaster University Murgatroyd
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521821209
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82120-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Cambridge Intermediate Latin Readers; Cambridge Intermediate Latin R; Cambridge Intermediate Latin Readers; Cambridge Intermediate Latin R
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies