books by Tacitus     books:     Tacitus      The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero (Oxford World's Classics) Cornelius Tacitus, Anthony A. Barrett Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Here is a lively new translation of Cornelius Tacitus' timeless history of three of Rome's most memorable emperors. Tacitus, who condemns the depravity of these rulers, which he saw as proof of the corrupting force of absolute power, writes caustically of the brutal and lecherous Tiberius, the weak and cuckolded Claudius, and "the artist" Nero. In ...             The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) Tacitus, W. H. Fyfe Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 corrupting effects of power Reading Tacitus' Annals I oft remembered Thucydides' account of the Peleponnesian wars. An important theme of the latter work was the corrupting effects of prolonged war on the morals and intellect of the Athenian people, who were ultimately degraded so much that they ...             Complete Works of Tacitus Tacitus McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1964 Definitive Primary Source On the History Of Imperial Roman I read this book for a graduate course in Roman history. It is an indispensable primary source for students of Roman history. On the first page of his Annals of Imperial Rome, Tacitus wrote that Octavian "seduced the army with bonuses, and his cheap food policy was ...             Agricola and Germany (Oxford World's Classics) Tacitus Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 A review of A. R. Birley?s translation of Tacitus? Agricola Finally after 91 years of "scholarly" and mediocre translations of The Agricola by self appointed "learned academics" A. R. Birley has produced a work that demonstrates why Tacitus has been regarded as among the best historians and rhetoricians of antiquity. The ...             Tacitus: Annals 13-16 (Loeb Classical Library No. 322) Tacitus Loeb Classical Library, 1937 Rome's First Modern Historian Publius/Gaius Cornelius Tacitus was born c. 55 A.D. under Nero's reign and his family seems to have had at least an equestrian rank. The date of his death is uncertain but placed at the close of Trajans reign in c. 117 A.D. Tacitus is considered by many to be the first ...             The Agricola and The Germania (Penguin Classics) Tacitus Penguin Classics, 1971 The Agricola and the Germania Tacitus' Agricola and Germania are among the two most-cited sources on Roman Britain and on the ancient Germans, respectively, and anyone with an interest in the Classical World should have a copy of this book. The Agricola is our primary source on Cnaeus Julius ...             The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics) Tacitus Penguin Classics, 1956 The Beautiful Sarcasm I read Tacitus for a college humanities course, and although I had to read the entirety of the Annales over two days, it was quite an enjoyable, if daunting, task. The other reviews discuss his historical importance, so I'll limit myself to commenting that his sarcasm ...             Tacitus, I, Agricola. Germania. Dialogue on Oratory (Loeb Classical Library) Tacitus Loeb Classical Library, 1914 A Roman Eulogy Publius/Gaius Cornelius Tacitus was born c. 55 A.D. under Nero's reign and his family seems to have had at least an equestrian rank. The date of his death is uncertain but placed at the close of Trajans reign in 117 A.D. Tacitus is considered by many to be the first ...             Tacitus: Annals Book IV (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) Tacitus Cambridge University Press, 1990 Definitive Primary Source On the History Of Imperial Roman I read this book for a graduate course in Roman history. It is an indispensable primary source for students of Roman history. On the first page of his Annals of Imperial Rome, Tacitus wrote that Octavian "seduced the army with bonuses, and his cheap food policy was ...             The Annals & The Histories (Modern Library Classics) Tacitus Modern Library, 2003 Definitive Primary Source On the History Of Imperial Roman I read this book for a graduate course in Roman history. It is an indispensable primary source for students of Roman history. On the first page of his Annals of Imperial Rome, Tacitus wrote that Octavian "seduced the army with bonuses, and his cheap food policy was ...             Agricola of Tacitus Tacitus MACMILLAN CO, 1909 A personal look at Britain's most famous Roman governor Tacitus' Agricola is a biographical eulogy for Britain's most famous Roman governor, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, who is Britain's most famous Roman governor because of Tacitus' Agricola. Tacitus himself (ch 46) noted that this might be the case. As Agricola was his ...             The Works of Cornelius Tacitus MacMay, 2008 Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56 ? ca. 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works?the Annals and the Histories?examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the ...             The Complete Works of Tacitus Cornelius Tacitus The Modern Library: New York, 1942             Tacitus - The Histories of Ancient Rome MacMay, 2008 Tacitus (ca. 56 ? ca. 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works?the Annals and the Histories?examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of ...             The Annals of Tacitus Tacitus Signet, 1966 Definitive Primary Source On the History Of Imperial Roman I read this book for a graduate course in Roman history. It is an indispensable primary source for students of Roman history. 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