Tacitus Histories I: A SelectionPaperback
Tacitus Histories I: A SelectionPaperback This edition (undergoing endorsement review at OCR) covers the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Histories Book I sections 4 (finis Neronis ...)…
Specifikacia Tacitus Histories I: A SelectionPaperback
Tacitus Histories I: A SelectionPaperback
This edition (undergoing endorsement review at OCR) covers the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Histories Book I sections 4 (finis Neronis ...) to 7, 12-14, 17-23 and 26, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Histories Book I sections 27-36, 39-44 and 49, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed text to be read in English for A Level.Histories I starts in AD 69, during the civil war after the death of Nero. In the prescribed selection, rebellion and violence break out in the city of Rome, as the Praetorian Guard of the emperor Galba transfer their support to a controversial younger man, Otho. Tacitus describes the unstable conditions in the Roman Empire, as different generals are elevated by their soldiers to the position of emperor.
Tacitus vividly portrays the