Rhiannon Ash: Tacitus | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781853996870 | Tacitus | Rhiannon Ash | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | 2006

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Beschreibung

This series of short incisive books introduces major figures of the ancient world to the modern general reader, including the essentials of each subject's life, works, and significance for later western civilisation. Tacitus is arguably the most significant writer of the Roman imperial period. His biting creativity is best known to us through his historical narratives. The Histories ruthlessly depicts the disastrous civil wars which exploded in AD 68-9, while the Annals chillingly documents the murky principates of the Julio-Claudian emperors from Tiberius to Nero. Tacitus is driven throughout by a desire to reveal escalating corruption and selfish ambitions and to demonstrate how and why such a debased world evolved after the death of Augustus. This book sets Tacitus clearly in context, surveying all his works and clarifying the traditions of ancient writing that informed and shaped his narratives. It also traces how his works have been used and abused in subsequent eras.

Über den Autor

Rhiannon Ash is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Greek and Latin, University College London.

Zusammenfassung

Part of a series of books, which introduces major figures of the ancient world to the modern general reader, this book sets Tacitus in context, surveying all his works and clarifying the traditions of ancient writing that informed and shaped his narratives. It also traces how his works have been used and abused in subsequent eras.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Genre:	Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft , Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781853996870
ISBN-10:	1853996874
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ash, Rhiannon
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Rhiannon Ash
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.09.2006
Gewicht:	0,211 kg