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Tacitus: Annals XIV

(Paperback, Second edition)

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Tacitus: Annals XIV

Contributors:

By (Author) Tacitus
Volume editor E.C. Woodcock

ISBN:

9781853993152

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Bristol Classical Press

Publication Date:

1st February 1998

Edition:

Second edition

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

European history
Ancient history
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

Dewey:

937.07

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

192

Dimensions:

Width 149mm, Height 210mm, Spine 11mm

Weight:

272g

Description

This edition of the fourteenth book of Tacitus Annals remains one of the most thorough editions of any book of Tacitus for use by school adn undergraduate students. Its meticulous commentary and vocabulary are supplemented by over fifity pages of introduction, covering Tacitus himself, a succinct but comprehensive account of his sytle and syntax. It also contains sections on the main themes of the book: the deterioration of neros reign internally contrasted with the external successes of Domitus Corbulo in Armenia, and Suetonius Paulinus in Britain (the defeat of Boudicca). Also available: Tacitus, Annals I; and Tacitus, Annals XV, both edited by N. Miller Tacitus, Annals 14: A companion to the Penguin translation, edited by N. Miller Suetonius, Nero, edited by B.H. Warmington

Author Bio

E.C. Woodcock was chair of Latin and Professor of Greek at Durham University, UK.

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