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  • The Annals of Tacitus: Books 5-6

    The Annals of Tacitus by Tacitus; Woodman, A. J.;

    Books 5-6

    Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries; 55;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 22 August 2019

    • ISBN 9781316606650
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages348 pages
    • Size 216x140x20 mm
    • Weight 460 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 1 b/w illus.
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    Short description:

    A full commentary on Tacitus' vivid account of the last years of the emperor Tiberius.

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    Long description:

    Books 5 and 6 of Tacitus' Annals cover the last years of the emperor Tiberius. Although most of Book 5 is lost, Book 6 survives complete and offers a vivid narrative of the increasingly tyrannical princeps, secluded on the island of Capri; the book ends with his death and obituary notice, one of the most celebrated passages of classical literature. This volume presents a new text of Books 5 and 6, restoring the division between them which was proposed by Lipsius, as well as a full commentary on the text, covering textual, literary, linguistic and historical matters. An Appendix discusses 'The Tacitean Tiberius'. The volume rounds off the sequence which began with commentary on Books 1 and 2 of Tacitus' Annals by F. R. D. Goodyear (1972, 1981) and was continued by commentary on Book 3 by A. J. Woodman and R. H. Martin (1996).

    'In short, this commentary is a reflection of the authoritative work of Woodman as well as his predecessors. ... In this commentary, Woodman has brought Goodyear's (and Martin's) work to an admirable conclusion.' Rebecca Edwards, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface; References and abbreviations; Introduction; Text; Commentary; Appendix: the Tacitean Tiberius; Indexes.

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