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Record Nr.

UNISA996199218203316

Autore

Tacitus Cornelius

Titolo

The histories / / Cornelius Tacitus, Clifford Herschel Moore, John Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 1986

ISBN

0-674-99123-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

937.07

Soggetti

Rome History Flavians, 69-96

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

-- v. 2. The histories, books I-III -- v. 3. The histories, books IV -V. The annals, books I-III -- v. 4. The annals, books IV-VI, XI-XII -- v. 5. The annals, books XIII-XVI.

Sommario/riassunto

Tacitus (c. 55-c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire. What survives of Histories covers the dramatic years 69-70. What survives of Annals tells an often terrible tale of 14-28, 31-37, and, partially, 47-66.