Annals of Imperial Rome - Couverture rigide

Grant, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0880290242 ISBN 13 : 9780880290241

Editeur : Hippocrene Books, 1985

Synopsis

Book by Tacitus

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Annals

Tacitus

Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb

The Annals (Latin: Annales) by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14–68. The Annals are an important source to modern understanding of the history of the Roman Empire during the first century; it is Tacitus' final work, and modern historians generally consider it his greatest writing. Historian Ronald Mellor calls it "Tacitus's crowning achievement" which represents the "pinnacle of Roman historical writing".

Tacitus' Histories and Annals together amounted to 30 books; although some scholars disagree about which work to assign some books to, traditionally 14 are assigned to Histories and 16 to Annals. Of the 30 books referred to by Jerome about half have survived.

Modern scholars believe that as a Roman senator, Tacitus had access to Acta Senatus—the Roman senate's records—which provided a solid basis for his work. Although Tacitus refers to part of his work as "my annals", the title of the work Annals used today was not assigned by Tacitus himself, but derives from its year-by-year structure. The name of the current manuscript seems to be "Books of History from the Death of the Divine Augustus" (Ab Excessu divi Augusti Historiarum Libri).

Table of Contents

1. BOOK I, A.D. 14, 15
2. BOOK II, A.D. 16-19
3. BOOK III, A.D. 20-22
4. BOOK IV, A.D. 23-28
5. BOOK V, A.D. 29-31
6. BOOK VI, A.D. 32-37
7. BOOK VII— X, A.D. 37, 47
8. BOOK XI, A.D. 47, 48
9. BOOK XII, A.D. 48-54
10. BOOK XIII, A.D. 54-58
11. BOOK XIV, A.D. 59-62
12. BOOK XV, A.D. 62-65
13. BOOK XVI, A.D. 65, 66

Présentation de l'éditeur

His last work, regarded by many as the greatest work of contemporary scholarship, Tacitus' The Annals of Imperial Rome recount with depth and insight the history of the Roman Empire during the first century A.D. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction by Michael Grant. 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 emperors' excesses and fearful for the future of Imperial Rome, while also filled with a longing for its past glories. Michael Grant's translation vividly captures the emotional patriotism of Tacitus' moral tone, offset by a lucid understanding that Rome is doomed, and conveys with cinematic vigour the lives of the great Emperors who laid the foundations of modern Europe. Tacitus (56-117) 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, Agricola. His other works, all available in Penguin Classics, include the Germania and the The Histories. If you enjoyed The Annals of Imperial Rome, you might like Herodotus' The Histories, also available in Penguin Classics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hippocrene Books
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0880290242
• ISBN 13: 9780880290241
• Reliure: Relié
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