Selections from Tacitus Annals I
An Edition for Intermediate Students
- Textbook
Selections from Tacitus Annals I
An Edition for Intermediate Students
- Textbook
Description
This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Tacitus' Annals I. Sections 3–7, 11–14, 16–30 and 46–49 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately concise extract from the original, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly encapsulating the interest of the longer work and inspiring further study of it. A detailed introduction explains points of historical and stylistic interest.
Annals I starts with the death of Augustus and the beginning of Tiberius' principate. Tacitus chronicles the uneasy and unprecedented transition from one to the other, in the context of a political elite shaken by years of civil war and unsure as to how best to protect their own interests and the stability Augustus had brought to Rome. With damning references to the servile nature of the new regime, Tacitus vividly paints scenes of confused senatorial debates, and Tiberius' own uncertainty over his own position and the best decisions to make. Opportunistic rebellions in the army are described with dramatic brilliance.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Latin Text
Commentary
Vocabulary
Product details
| Published | 07 Feb 2019 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 184 |
| ISBN | 9781501350030 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 3 bw illus |
| Series | Bloomsbury Classical Languages |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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