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- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
30 December 1963
Summary
Tacitus’ Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies and murders that were part of imperial life. Despite his claim that the Annals were written objectively, Tacitus’ account is sharply critical of the em…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140440607 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140440607 |
| Author: | Tacitus, Michael Grant |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 December 1963 |
| Weight: | 317g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Tacitus
Tacitus studied rhetoric in Rome and rose to eminence as a pleader at the Roman Bar. In 77 he married the daughter of Agricola, conqueror of Britain, of whom he later wrote a biography. His other works include the Germania and the Historiae.
Michael Grant’s academic titles include Chancellor’s Medallist and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and President of the Classical Association.
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