Annals Histories Agricola Germania

The Resource Annals Histories Agricola Germania
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Annals Histories Agricola Germania
Statement of responsibility
translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb; with an introduction by Robin Lane Fox ; notes revised by Eleanor Cowan
Title variation
  • Tacitus : Annals and Histories
  • Annals and Histories
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Language
  • eng
  • lat
  • eng
Summary
The complete historical works of the greatest chronicler of the Roman Empire in a wholly revised and updated translation. A brilliant narrator and a master stylist, Tacitus served as administrator and senator, a career that gave him an intimate view of the empire at its highest levels, and of the dramatic, violent, and often bloody events of the first century. In the Annals, he writes about Augustus Caesar's death and observes the inner workings of the courts of the emperors Tiberius and Nero. In the Histories, he describes an empire in tumult, four emperors reigning in one year, each overthrown by the next. The Agricola, a biography of Tacitus's father-in-law, Julius Agricola, the most celebrated governor of Roman Britain is the first detailed account of the island that would eventually rule over a quarter of the earth. And in the Germania, the famed warrior-barbarians of ancient Germany come richly to life
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Cataloging source
VPW
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • genealogical tables
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Everyman's library
Series volume
311
Target audience
adult
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