| Tacitus Annals XVI Contributor(s): Fratantuono, Lee (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350023515 ISBN-13: 9781350023512 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: 937.07 |
| LCCN: 2017024383 |
| Series: Latin Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Book XVI of Tacitus' Annals is the last of the surviving books of the great Roman historian's monumental account of the reigns of the emperors from Tiberius to Nero. The unfinished book offers a stunning portrait of Nero in his last years, a man now free of the restraining influences of his mother Agrippina and tutor Seneca. Annals XVI presents such unforgettable scenes as the spectacle of Petronius' suicide, and the mad quest of Nero to find the gold of the Carthaginian queen Dido. This edition provides a commentary to the entire book, with notes carefully aimed at first-time readers of Tacitus as well as more advanced students. An introduction provides a guide to what we know of Tacitus' life and work, as well as to the reign of Nero and Tacitus' depiction of an empire in transition, of a Rome teetering on the verge of chaos and collapse. A full vocabulary at the end of the volume is a vital resource for students preparing this text for class work or assessment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fratantuono, Lee: - Lee Fratantuono is William Francis Whitlock Professor of Latin in Ohio Wesleyan University. His books include Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil's Aeneid (2007), A Commentary on Virgil, Aeneid XI (2009), Madness Transformed: A Reading of Ovid's Metamorphoses (2011), Madness Triumphant: A Reading of Lucan's Pharsalia (2012), co-edited The Sermons of Peter the Lombard: Text, Translation, and Commentary (forthcoming). |