Annalen Mit Begleittexten (Lernmaterialien) - Softcover

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius; Weinold, Horst

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3766157604 ISBN 13: 9783766157607

Publisher: Buchner, 1994

Synopsis

In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the period from AD 14, just before the death of Augustus, to the death of Nero in AD 68. Not all the passages have survived, but in those that have the depth and diversity of genius are manifest. From a vicious, vituperative biography of Tiberius to the more straightforward accounts of Gaius (Caligula), Claudius and Nero, which reveal an extraordinary gift for pictorial description, the Annals carry conviction both as a work of art and as a history.Michael Grant's tranlation of The Annals is a fine one. It captures the emotional patriotism of Tacitus's moral tone, offset by a lucid understanding that Rome is doomed, and conveys with vigor the lives of the great emperors who laid the foundations of modern Europe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Buchner
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3766157604
• ISBN 13: 9783766157607
• Binding: Paperback