The Annals

The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-282421-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 414 g

Reihe: Oxford World's Classics

'He was atrocious in his brutality, but his lechery was kept hidden. In the end, he erupted into an orgy of crime and ignominy alike'

Such is Tacitus' obituary of Tiberius, and he is no less caustic in his opinion of the weak and cuckolded Claudius and the 'artist' Nero. The Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors who followed Augustus, the founder of the imperial system, and of the murders, sycophancy, plotting, and oppression that marked this period in Rome. Tacitus provides the earliest and most detailed account of Boudicca's rebellion in Britain, and his history also relates the great fire of Rome in
the reign of Nero, and the persecution of the Christians that followed. He deplores the depravity of the emperors, whose behaviour he sees as proof of the corrupting force of absolute power.

J. C. Yardley's translation is vivid and accurate, and Anthony A. Barrett's introduction and notes provide invaluable historical and cultural context.
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Tacitus, Cornelius

Yardley, J C

Barrett, Anthony A

Weitere Mitwirkende

Yardley, J. C.

Barrett, Anthony A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

J. C. Yardley has translated two volumes of Livy for Oxford World's Classics (The Dawn of the Roman Empire and Hannibal's War) and Quintus Curtius Rufus' A History of Alexander for Penguin. He is the author of volumes in the Clarendon Ancient History series, and (with Waldemar Heckel) of Alexander the Great (Blackwell, 2004).

Anthony A. Barrett has published books on Livia, Agrippina and Caligula with Yale UP, and is the editor of, and contributor to, Lives of the Caesars (Blackwell, 2007).