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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Serie: | Oxford approaches to classical literature.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=339413 |
Sommario:
- 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.