| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 325 pages) : illustration |
| Series |
Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 55 |
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Cambridge classical texts and commentaries ; 55.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- References and abbreviations -- Introduction -- Text -- Commentary -- Appendix: The Tacitean Tiberius -- Indexes -- 1 General -- 2 Latin Words -- 3 Names |
| Summary |
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. The 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) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xv-xxi) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tacitus, Cornelius. Annales. Liber 5-6.
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| SUBJECT |
Tacite. "Annales. 5-6" rero |
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Annales (Tacitus, Cornelius) fast |
| Genre/Form |
chronicles.
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Annals and chronicles
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Annals and chronicles.
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Annales et chroniques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Woodman, A. J. (Anthony John), 1945- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781316591406 |
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1316591409 |
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9781316757796 |
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131675779X |
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