Tacitus: Annals XIV

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Tacitus: Annals XIV
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tacitus
Volume editor E.C. Woodcock
SeriesLatin Texts
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 149
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Literary studies - classical, early and medieval
ISBN/Barcode 9781853993152
ClassificationsDewey:937.07
Audience
A / AS level
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Edition Second edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bristol Classical Press
Publication Date 1 January 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This edition of the fourteenth book of Tacitus' Annals remains one of the most thorough editions of any book of Tacitus for use by school adn undergraduate students. Its meticulous commentary and vocabulary are supplemented by over fifity pages of introduction, covering Tacitus himself, a succinct but comprehensive account of his sytle and syntax. It also contains sections on the main themes of the book: the deterioration of nero's reign internally contrasted with the external successes of Domitus Corbulo in Armenia, and Suetonius Paulinus in Britain (the defeat of Boudicca). Also available: Tacitus, Annals I; and Tacitus, Annals XV, both edited by N. Miller Tacitus, Annals 14: A companion to the Penguin translation, edited by N. Miller Suetonius, Nero, edited by B.H. Warmington

Author Biography

E.C. Woodcock was chair of Latin and Professor of Greek at Durham University, UK.