The Annals of Tacitus Books 5–6 Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries Series
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : Tacitus
Coordonnateur : Woodman A. J.
A full commentary on Tacitus' vivid account of the last years of the emperor Tiberius.
Books 5 and 6 of Tacitus' Annals cover the last years of the emperor Tiberius. Although most of Book 5 is lost, Book 6 survives complete and offers a vivid narrative of the increasingly tyrannical princeps, secluded on the island of Capri; the book ends with his death and obituary notice, one of the most celebrated passages of classical literature. This volume presents a new text of Books 5 and 6, restoring the division between them which was proposed by Lipsius, as well as a full commentary on the text, covering textual, literary, linguistic and historical matters. An Appendix discusses 'The Tacitean Tiberius'. The volume rounds off the sequence which began with commentary on Books 1 and 2 of Tacitus' Annals by F. R. D. Goodyear (1972, 1981) and was continued by commentary on Book 3 by A. J. Woodman and R. H. Martin (1996).
Preface; References and abbreviations; Introduction; Text; Commentary; Appendix: the Tacitean Tiberius; Indexes.
A. J. Woodman is Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia.
Date de parution : 08-2019
Ouvrage de 347 p.
14x21.6 cm
Date de parution : 12-2016
Ouvrage de 348 p.
14.4x22.4 cm
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