The first historical work by Rome's greatest historian,
Tacitus' Histories hold a crucial place in the history of Latin
literature. Book I covers the beginning of the infamous 'Year
of the Four Emperors' (69 CE), which brought imperial Rome to
the brink of destruction after the demise of the Julio-Claudian
dynasty. Galba, Otho, and Vitellius ride the currents of senatorial
politics and military sedition to power, while the survivor
Vespasian waits just off-stage. After a distinguished public career
during the principates of Vespasian and his sons, Tacitus, in
middle age, embarked on a historical narrative recording the
seering events of the Rome of his youth. This edition provides a
Latin text of Book I, a commentary accessible to students of
intermediate level and above, and an introduction discussing
historical, literary, and stylistic issues. The chance survival of
three parallel accounts permits detailed analysis of Tacitus'
selection and stylization of material.
Table of contents:
Introduction; CORNELI TACITI HISTORIARVM LIBER PRIMVS; Commentary;
Appendices.
Book I of the Histories covers the beginning of the infamous
'Year of the Four Emperors' (69 CE), which brought imperial
Rome to the brink of destruction after the demise of the
Julio-Claudian dynasty. This edition provides a full commentary and
introduction suitable for students at intermediate level and
above.
Edition of this crucial and exciting text suitable for students at
intermediate level and above.
'I welcome and appreciate Cynthia Damon's new commentary on Book I as a lifeline to a difficult piece of Tacitean text and can only wish it had come much earlier. ... the principles of Tacitean style and use of sources are easily transferable: this aspect of the commentary will greatly facilitate both the teaching of this difficult author, whose style is as much a part of his historical vision as it the material he chooses, and new scholarship, which can turn its attention in different directions. To those who know enough Latin to attempt Tacitus, D. has given an excellent example of what the genre of commentary can achieve in difficult literary circumstances.' Holly Haynes, Dartmouth College
Cynthia Damon is Associate Professor of Classics at Amherst College and author of The Mask of the Parasite: A Pathology of Roman Patronage (1997).
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Introduction CORNELI TACITI HISTORIARVM LIBER PRIMVS Commentary Appendices.
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