The Annals of Tacitus: Book 3: Bk. 3 (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries)

The Annals of Tacitus: Book 3: Bk. 3 (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries)

by Tacitus (Author), R.H.Martin (Editor), A . J . Woodman (Editor)

Synopsis

Books 1 and 2 of Tacitus' Annals were edited and annotated in two earlier volumes of this series (1972 and 1981) by the late F. R. D. Goodyear. Now A. J. Woodman and R. H. Martin have added a third volume: Book 3 of the Annals. This book covers the years AD 20-22, including the aftermath of Germanicus' death and the trial of his alleged murderer Calpurnius Piso and contains some of Tacitus' most well known and important programmatic and reflective passages. In their commentary the editors are the first to attempt a systematic comparison of the documentary record provided by a recently discovered senatus consultum relating to Piso's trial with Tacitus' narrative of the same episode. More attention is given to literary matters than by Goodyear but textual, linguistic and historical issues are treated fully and new interpretations frequently offered.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 536
Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 26 Aug 2004

ISBN 10: 0521609461
ISBN 13: 9780521609463