Tacitus, Annals XII: A Selection

This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS (Group 1) prescription of Tacitus Annals XII, 25-26, 41-43, 52-53, 56-59, 64-69, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction.It is AD 48 and the emperor Claudius marries his 4th wife Agrippina. Little does he know that over the next six years she will build her power and destroy her opponents, until she is ready for her greatest crime - the murder of Claudius himself to enable the accession of her son Nero. Tacitus creates a gripping account of the struggle for power under a weak princeps, involving family rivals, scheming freedmen and servile senators.Supporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https://www.bloomsbury.pub/OCR-editions-2024-2026>

About the author

Simon Allcock is a Housemaster and teaches Classics at Wellington College, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Allcock
• Assisted by: Simon Allcock (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781350156388
• ISBN: 978-1-350-15638-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Classical texts, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Educational: literature in languages other than English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Study / General, Latin; classical text; OCR