Histories, Book II

Tacitus ; edited by Rhiannon Ash

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, first published in 2007, 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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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, first published in 2007, 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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[目次]

  • Introduction
  • 1. Tacitus
  • 2. Ancient historiography
  • 3 Qvo qvo scelesti ruitis? Civil war and Roman identity
  • 4. Histories 2
  • 5. Dramatis Personae
  • 6. Style
  • 7. Sententiae and moralising allusions
  • 8. The sources
  • 9. The parallel tradition
  • 10. Pro-Flavian historiography
  • 11. The text
  • Corneli Taciti historiarvm liber secvndvs
  • Commentary.

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[目次]

  • Introduction
  • 1. Tacitus
  • 2. Ancient historiography
  • 3 Qvo qvo scelesti ruitis? Civil war and Roman identity
  • 4. Histories 2
  • 5. Dramatis Personae
  • 6. Style
  • 7. Sententiae and moralising allusions
  • 8. The sources
  • 9. The parallel tradition
  • 10. Pro-Flavian historiography
  • 11. The text
  • Corneli Taciti historiarvm liber secvndvs
  • Commentary.

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この本の情報

書名 Histories, Book II
著作者等 Ash, Rhiannon
Tacitus, Cornelius
Tacitus
シリーズ名 Cambridge Greek and Latin classics
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2007
ページ数 ix, 415 p., [4] p. of plates
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 9780521891356
9780521814461
NCID BA84012684
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言語 ラテン語
英語
出版国 イギリス
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