Tacitus' annals /

Tacitus' Annals is the central historical source for first-century C.E. Rome. It is prized by historians since it provides the best narrative material for the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, as well as a probing analysis of the imperial system of government. But the Annals should be see...

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מחבר ראשי: Mellor, Ronald
פורמט: Licensed eBooks
שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
סדרה:Oxford approaches to classical literature.
גישה מקוונת:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=339413
תוכן הענינים:
  • The creation of a political historian
  • The historian and his sources
  • Ethnic prejudice in Tacitus
  • Ut pictura poesis : the visual representation of history
  • Freedom and censorship
  • A Tiberian narrative
  • Consorts of the Caesars
  • Courtiers on the Palatine : the familia of the Caesars
  • Performances at the court : the reigns of Claudius and Nero
  • The importance of Tacitus' Annals
  • The Julio-Claudian family (genealogy)
  • Map of the Roman Empire
  • Prominent persons.