The Annals of Tacitus

Books 5–6

By:

Tacitus

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries

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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).

Author Biography:

A. J. Woodman is Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia.

Release date NZ

December 8th, 2016

Author

Tacitus

Series

Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries

Contributor

Edited by A.J. Woodman

Pages

348

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 Halftones, black and white

Dimensions

144x224x24

ISBN-13

9781107152700

Product ID

25594089

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