| Selections from Tacitus Annals IV: An Edition for Intermediate Students Contributor(s): Cromarty, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501350064 ISBN-13: 9781501350061 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2028 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of January 1, 2028 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Physical Information: 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a new intermediate-student edition of a selection from Tacitus' Annals IV. Sections 1-4 (... non adversus habebatur), 7-12, 39-41, 52-54, 57-60, 67-71 and 74-75 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately concise extract from the original, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly encapsulating the interest of the longer work and inspiring further study of it. A detailed introduction explains points of historical and stylistic interest. It is AD 23 and we are in the ninth year of the reign of Rome's second emperor, Tiberius. Increasingly he has come to rely on the assistance of the Praetorian Prefect, Lucius Aelius Sejanus, in the running of Rome. But Sejanus has ambitions beyond being a mere assistant, extending even as far as the imperial throne itself. Tacitus vividly portrays the machinations of Sejanus as he attempts to manoeuvre himself into a position to assume the ultimate authority, characterising the period as one dominated by villainy, betrayal and deceit. |