Tacitus Annals XVILee Fratantuono Book XVI of Tacitus' Annals is the last of the surviving books of the great Roman historian's monumental account of the reigns of the emperors from Tiberius to Nero. The unfinished book offers a stunning portrait of Nero in his last years, a man now free of the restraining influences of his mother Agrippina and tutor Seneca. Annals XVI presents such unforgettable scenes as the spectacle of Petronius' suicide, and the mad quest of Nero to find the gold of the Carthaginian queen Dido. This edition provides a commentary to the entire book, with notes carefully aimed at first-time readers of Tacitus as well as more advanced students. An introduction provides a guide to what we know of Tacitus' life and work, as well as to the reign of Nero and Tacitus' depiction of an empire in transition, of a Rome teetering on the verge of chaos and collapse. A full vocabulary at the end of the volume is a vital resource for students preparing this text for class work or assessment. |
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Ablative absolute ablative of means accused adjective Aeneas Aeneid Agricola Agrippina Ammianus Marcellinus Ancient Annales XVI Anteius atus Augustus Barea Soranus basic meaning Bassus Book XVI Caesar Cambridge Cassius Cato Chapter Classical Claudius clause commentary commit suicide condemned conj conspiracy Cossutianus dative death describes Dido Domitian dramatic edition Egnatius eius emperor epic Eprius exemplum exile expresses Furneaux notes Gaius genitive Gerundive gold Helvidius Heubner prints historian honor Imperfect subjunctive imperial Latin literally Lucan Marsh and Leon Medicean reads Mela narrative Nero Nero's Neroni Neronian nisi noun OLD s.v. once Ostorius Oxford participle Petronius pietas Pisonian conspiracy Pluperfect subjunctive Pollitta Poppaea princeps principis Priscus quae quaestor quam quod refers reign Roman Rome Rubellius Rubellius Plautus senate senatorial Seneca sense Separative ablative Servilia Silanus Silia Soranus Stoic subjunctive Suetonius surviving Tacitean Tacitus tamquam Thrasea Paetus Tigellinus verb Vespasian Vetus victim word