The Annals of Tacitus: Book 3

di Tacitus (Autore)

A. J. Woodman (Curatore)

R. H. Martin (Curatore)

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Books 1 and 2 of Tacitus' Annals were edited and annotated in two earlier volumes of this series (1972 and 1981) by the late F. R. D. Goodyear. Now A. J. Woodman and R. H. Martin have added a third volume: Book 3 of the Annals. This book covers the years AD 20-22, including the aftermath of Germanicus' death and the trial of his alleged murderer Calpurnius Piso and contains some of Tacitus' most well known and important programmatic and reflective passages. In their commentary the editors are the first to attempt a systematic comparison of the documentary record provided by a recently discovered senatus consultum relating to Piso's trial with Tacitus' narrative of the same episode. More attention is given to literary matters than by Goodyear but textual, linguistic and historical issues are treated fully and new interpretations frequently offered.

• Autore: Tacitus
• Curatore: A. J. Woodman, R. H. Martin
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
• Anno: 2004
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 536 p.
• Dimensioni: 217 x 141 mm
• Peso: 681 gr.
• EAN: 9780521609463

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