Histories

Name: Histories
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521814461
Price: 17800 KES
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ISBN: 9780521814461

by Tacitus

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Format Hardback

Book Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

ISBN-10 0521814464

ISBN-13 9780521814461

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 22nd, 2007

Print length 430 Pages

Weight 684 grams

Dimensions 21.60 x 14.00 x 2.40 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval European history Classical history / classical civilisation Ancient history European history

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Tacitus' Histories covers the sequence of civil wars that erupted in AD 68–9 across the Roman Empire after the Emperor Nero committed suicide. This edition includes an introduction, a Latin text and a commentary providing grammatical help and elucidating the historical context and literary artistry of the author.

The Histories is the first historical work by Rome's most accomplished and challenging historian, Tacitus. It narrates the brutal civil wars which broke out in AD 68–9 across the Roman Empire after the suicide of the last Julio-Claudian emperor, Nero. Book II covers the bloody finale of the war between two of those emperors, Otho and Vitellius, and the emerging challenge from the eventual victor, Vespasian. The progression of events, kaleidoscopic and gripping, unfolds over a broad geographical sweep and is presented by Tacitus with consummate artistry. This commentary on Histories Book II elucidates historical questions, clarifies Tacitus' historiographical techniques and explains grammatical difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a Latin text, relevant maps, and a comprehensive introduction discussing historical, literary and stylistic questions.

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