The Annals of Tacitus

by Tacitus , Edited by F. R. D. Goodyear

• ISBN13: 9780521609319
• ISBN10: 0521609313
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-20
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The first in a four-volume edition of Tacitus Annals 1-6. The Annals are Tacitus’ brilliant account of Roman imperial history from the death of Augustus to the death of Nero. Books 1-6 describe the reign of Tiberius. Professor Goodyear’s introduction to the series deals concisely with the background to the Annals. He outlines the history of Tacitean scholarship to the present day and shows how Tacitus’ historical judgements were sometimes distorted by his preoccupations with style and with the moral function of historical writing. The commentary attends equally to literary, historical and textual questions. There are several appendixes on topics of more specialized interest.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Map: The German frontier
INTRODUCTION
I Codex Laurentianus Mediceus 68.1	3	(2)
II Editions of the Annals	5	(14)
III On editing Tacitus	19	(6)
IV Aspects of Tacitean historiography	25	(24)
TEXT AND CRITICAL APPARATUS	49	(34)
COMMENTARY	83	(248)
APPENDIXES
1 Adnotationis criticae additamenta	331	(3)
2 On certain terminology used to describe the language of Tacitus	334	(2)
3 Some remarks on alliteration in Tacitus	336	(6)
4 Tacitus' variation and paraphrase of standard terms	342	(4)
5 Certain aspects of ellipse in Tacitus	346	(5)
LIST OF WORKS CITED	351	(10)
INDEXES
1 Lexical	361	(2)
2 Passages discussed	363	(1)
3 General	364