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The Annals of Tacitus. Book 4

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Book 4 of Tacitus' Annals, described by Sir Ronald Syme as 'the best that Tacitus ever wrote', covers the years AD 23-28, the pivotal period in the principate of the emperor Tiberius. Under the malign influence of Sejanus, the henchman who duped him and was loaded with honours, Tiberius withdrew to the island of Capri and was never again seen in Rome, where the treason trials engendered an atmosphere of terror. The volume presents a new text of Book 4, as well as a full commentary on the text, covering textual, literary, linguistic and historical matters. The introduction discusses the relationship between Tacitus and Sallust. The volume completes the sequence which began with commentary on Books 1 and 2 of the 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) and on Books 5-6 by A. J. Woodman (2016).

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ISBN: 9781108411479
Publication date: 8th February 2024
Author: Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 371 pages
Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
Genres: Ancient history
Literary theory
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval