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Tacitus' annals /

Mellor, Ronald.

Tacitus' annals / Ronald Mellor. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xiv, 255 p. : map ; 22 cm. - Oxford approaches to classical literature .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-244).

The creation of a political historian -- The historian and his sources -- Ethnic prejudice in Tacitus -- Ut pictura poesis : the visual representation of history -- Freedom and censorship -- A Tiberian narrative -- Consorts of the Caesars -- Courtiers on the Palatine : the familia of the Caesars -- Performances at the court : the reigns of Claudius and Nero -- The importance of Tacitus' Annals -- The Julio-Claudian family (genealogy) -- Map of the Roman Empire -- Prominent persons.

9780195151923 9780195151930

2009047671


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PA6705.A9 / M45 2011

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