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Tacitus, Annals, 15.20-23, 33-45
Other Titles: Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and commentary
Authors: Owen, Mathew
Gildenhard, Ingo
Michalopoulos, Andreas (Tr.)
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY > LATIN LITERATURE
Keywords:
Tacitus
Annals
Nero
Seneca (the younger)
Thrasea Paetus
Rome
Roman history
Early empire
Pincipate
Roman Senate
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Abstract:
This book is an excellent introduction to Roman historiography and the work of the leading Roman historian, Cornelius Tacitus. It is an annotated edition of chapters 20-23 and 33-45 of Book 15 of the Annals, in which Tacitus recounts the shocking events of 62-64 AD. The central event is the great fire of Rome (64 AD) that wiped out much of the city (with an account of both what preceded and what followed). This book is an excellent study of these particularly interesting and turbulent years in Roman history. It makes good use of the available bibliography and is remarkable for its intelligent and engaging style of writing. The extensive Introduction is made up of six highly informative essays. The first three focus on the life, times, and work of Tacitus, while the fourth explores his style and distinctive characteristics. The last two essays paint a vivid portrait of the cultural and political scene in Rome at the time. The Main Part provides the Latin text along with a rich vocabulary and questions that invite the reader to explore various issues, such as grammatical identifications, analysis of sentence structure, legal and political issues. The interpretive comments are very rich in stylistic and historical analysis, analysis of the syntactic structure of sentences, and offer original insight into the word order and Tacitus’ choice of diction.
Linguistic Editors: Chioti, Alexandra
Graphic Editors: Kondylidou, Alexia
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 16-05-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-5667-40-5
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-86
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/8574
Bibliographic Reference: Owen, M., Gildenhard, I., & Michalopoulos, A. (Tr.). (2023). Tacitus, Annals, 15.20-23, 33-45 [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-86
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Preface and acknowledgements
2. Introduction
3. Latin text with study questions and vocabulary aid
4. Commentary
5. Bibliography
6. Visual aids
Number of pages 206
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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