Selections from Tacitus Annals I: An Edition for Intermediate Students, Chapters 3-7, 11-14, 16-30, 46-49 - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1501350021 ISBN 13 : 9781501350023

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

Synopsis

This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Tacitus' Annals I. Sections 3-7, 11-14, 16-30 and 46-49 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately concise extract from the original, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly encapsulating the interest of the longer work and inspiring further study of it. A detailed introduction explains points of historical and stylistic interest.

Annals I starts with the death of Augustus and the beginning of Tiberius' principate. Tacitus chronicles the uneasy and unprecedented transition from one to the other, in the context of a political elite shaken by years of civil war and unsure as to how best to protect their own interests and the stability Augustus had brought to Rome. With damning references to the servile nature of the new regime, Tacitus vividly paints scenes of confused senatorial debates, and Tiberius' own uncertainty over his own position and the best decisions to make. Opportunistic rebellions in the army are described with dramatic brilliance.

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À propos des auteurs

Katharine Radice is an experienced author, teacher and education consultant. She currently teaches part-time in a mixed ability comprehensive school, combining this with a teaching and pastoral role at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Her education consultancy work focuses on approaches to teaching and dispositions for learning. She is a leading author of Classics textbooks - including the innovative de Romanis Latin course. Her latest book - Exam stress: A positive and practical guide for teachers - offers realistic and practical advice on how to support students through the stress of exams. She is co-author of OCR Anthology for Latin AS and A Level Shorter Prose Authors (Bloomsbury, 2025) and co-editor of Tacitus Annals I: A Selection (Bloomsbury, 2016).

Roland Mayer is Professor of Classics at King's College London, UK. He has written widely on a number of Roman authors and issues.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1501350021
• ISBN 13: 9781501350023
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Éditeur: Radice Katharine, Mayer Roland
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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