The Annals of Tacitus: Book 16

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-1-009-85538-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten

Reihe: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries

This is the first scholarly commentary in English on Annals 16 in over a century. It offers a literary, historical and linguistic analysis of one of the most gripping books of the work, which includes, among other things, the narratives of Bassus' treasure trove, Poppaea's death, Petronius' suicide, and Thrasea Paetus' demise, at which point the text breaks off. The detailed commentary pays particular attention to Tacitus' narrative technique and idiosyncratic language, revealing his precise narrative strategy, which becomes evident when compared to the other sources of Nero's principate, such as Suetonius and Cassius Dio. The edition will be invaluable for scholars and postgraduate students who work on Tacitus, as well as those interested in early imperial historiography and history more broadly, especially of the Julio-Claudian period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bartera, Salvador

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Introduction; Nero; Themes and structure; The sources; Language; The text; A note on orthography; References and abbreviations; Editions and commentaries; Text; Commentary; Bibliography; Bibliographical surveys; Works cited; Indexes; General; Latin words; Names.

Über Autor(innen)

Bartera, Salvador
Salvador Bartera is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has also published on Tacitus' Annals, Histories and the commentary tradition, including Tacitism. He co-edited, with K. Shannon-Henderson, The Oxford Critical Guide to Tacitus (2025), and has also published on the neo-Latin Jesuit poet Stefonio, whose Flavia he is currently editing.