The Annals of Tacitus: Books 5-6

by Tacitus, A. J. Woodman (Editor)

Overview

Books 5 and 6 of Tacitus' Annals cover the last years of the emperor Tiberius. Although most of Book 5 is lost, Book 6 survives complete and offers a vivid narrative of the increasingly tyrannical princeps, secluded on the island of Capri; the book ends with his death and obituary notice, one of the most celebrated passages of classical literature. This volume presents a new text of Books 5 and 6, restoring the division between them which was proposed by Lipsius, as well as a full commentary on the text, covering textual, literary, linguistic and historical matters. An Appendix discusses 'The Tacitean Tiberius'. The volume rounds off the sequence which began with commentary on Books 1 and 2 of Tacitus' Annals by F. R. D. Goodyear (1972, 1981) and was continued by commentary on Book 3 by A. J. Woodman and R. H. Martin (1996).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781316756959
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2016
Series:	Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries , #55
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

A. J. Woodman is Basil L. Gildersleeve Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

Preface; References and abbreviations; Introduction; Text; Commentary; Appendix: the Tacitean Tiberius; Indexes.

Editorial Reviews

'In short, this commentary is a reflection of the authoritative work of Woodman as well as his predecessors. … In this commentary, Woodman has brought Goodyear's (and Martin's) work to an admirable conclusion.' Rebecca Edwards, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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