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Tacitus, Cornelius Tacitus, A. J. Woodman

Annals of Tacitus - Books 5-6

English · Hardback

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Description

A full commentary on Tacitus' vivid account of the last years of the emperor Tiberius.

List of contents

Preface; References and abbreviations; Introduction; Text; Commentary; Appendix: the Tacitean Tiberius; Indexes.

Summary

A full edition of Books 5 and 6 of Tacitus' Annals, which cover the emperor Tiberius' last years. Although Book 5 is mostly lost, Book 6 survives in its entirety and offers a vivid narrative of the increasingly tyrannical princeps, whose concluding obituary notice is one of the most famous passages of classical literature.

Product details

Authors	Tacitus, Cornelius Tacitus
Assisted by	A. J. Woodman (Editor)
Publisher	Cambridge University Press Academic

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	30.11.2016

EAN	9781107152700
ISBN	978-1-107-15270-0
No. of pages	348
Series	Print on demand
Subject	Non-fiction book

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