The Annals
The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
$41.37
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2008
Summary
‘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. Taci…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192824219 |
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| ISBN-10: | 019282421X |
| Author: | Cornelius Tacitus, J.C. Yardley, Anthony A. Barrett |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 406g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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About The Author
Cornelius Tacitus
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).
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