Tacitus, Histories, Book II

Edited [and commented] by Rhiannon Ash. After a concise introduction, the volume first offers the Latin text of Tacitus on about 35 pages, followed by a comprehensive commentary in English, which covers over 300 pages. A bibliography and indices round off the volume. - "Histories" is the first historical work by Rome's most accomplished and challenging historian, Tacitus. It narrates the brutal civil wars which broke out in AD 68-9 across the Roman Empire after the suicide of the last Julio-Claudian emperor, Nero. Book II covers the bloody finale of the war between two of those emperors, Otho and Vitellius, and the emerging challenge from the eventual victor, Vespasian. The progression of events, kaleidoscopic and gripping, unfolds over a broad geographical sweep and is presented by Tacitus with consummate artistry. This commentary on Histories Book II elucidates historical questions, clarifies Tacitus' historiographical techniques and explains grammatical difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a Latin text, relevant maps, and a comprehensive introduction discussing historical, literary and stylistic questions. XIII,415 Seiten mit zwei Karten, gebunden (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics/Cambridge University Press 2007) textsauber, leichte Gebrauchsspuren, kein Schutzumschlag/clean text pages, minor traces of use, no dustjacket

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