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Tacitus: Histories Book II

By Rhiannon Ash

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521891353, 9780521891356, 9780521814461
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10610311 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Edition
1
Pages
430\427
Time added
2022-12-07 17:16:02

Description

The Histories is the first historical work by Rome's most accomplished and challenging historian, Tacitus. It narrates the brutal civil wars which broke out in AD 68–9 across the Roman Empire after the suicide of the last Julio-Claudian emperor, Nero. Book II covers the bloody finale of the war between two of those emperors, Otho and Vitellius, and the emerging challenge from the eventual victor, Vespasian. The progression of events, kaleidoscopic and gripping, unfolds over a broad geographical sweep and is presented by Tacitus with consummate artistry. This commentary on Histories Book II elucidates historical questions, clarifies Tacitus' historiographical techniques and explains grammatical difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a Latin text, relevant maps, and a comprehensive introduction discussing historical, literary and stylistic questions.

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