Tacitus' annals / Ronald Mellor.

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Mellor, Ronald

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford approaches to classical literaturePublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780198034674
0198034679
9781282794740
1282794744
9786612794742
6612794747

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Itus' annals.DDC classification:

937/.07 22

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PA6705.A9 M45 2010eb

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Contents:

The creation of a political historian -- The historian and his sources -- Ethnic prejudice in Tacitus -- Ut pictura poesis : the visual representation of history -- Freedom and censorship -- A Tiberian narrative -- Consorts of the Caesars -- Courtiers on the Palatine : the familia of the Caesars -- Performances at the court : the reigns of Claudius and Nero -- The importance of Tacitus' Annals -- The Julio-Claudian family (genealogy) -- Map of the Roman Empire -- Prominent persons.

Summary: Tacitus' Annals is the central historical source for first-century C.E. Rome. It is prized by historians since it provides the best narrative material for the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, as well as a probing analysis of the imperial system of government. But the Annals should be seen as far more than an historical source, a mere mine for the reconstruction of the facts of Roman history. While the Annals is a superb work of history, it has also become a central text in the western literary, political, and even philosophical traditions - from the Renaissance to the French and America.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index.

Tacitus' Annals is the central historical source for first-century C.E. Rome. It is prized by historians since it provides the best narrative material for the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, as well as a probing analysis of the imperial system of government. But the Annals should be seen as far more than an historical source, a mere mine for the reconstruction of the facts of Roman history. While the Annals is a superb work of history, it has also become a central text in the western literary, political, and even philosophical traditions - from the Renaissance to the French and America.

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