Tacitus Annals 15 20 23 33 45

Author : Mathew Owen,Ingo Gildenhard
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783740000

Get Book

Tacitus, Annals, 15.20–23, 33–45 by Mathew Owen,Ingo Gildenhard Pdf

e emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome's most infamous villains, and Tacitus' Annals have played a central role in shaping the mainstream historiographical understanding of this flamboyant autocrat. This section of the text plunges us straight into the moral cesspool that Rome had apparently become in the later years of Nero's reign, chronicling the emperor's fledgling stage career including his plans for a grand tour of Greece; his participation in a city-wide orgy climaxing in his publicly consummated 'marriage' to his toy boy Pythagoras; the great fire of AD 64, during which large parts of central Rome went up in flames; and the rising of Nero's 'grotesque' new palace, the so-called 'Golden House', from the ashes of the city. This building project stoked the rumours that the emperor himself was behind the conflagration, and Tacitus goes on to present us with Nero's gruesome efforts to quell these mutterings by scapegoating and executing members of an unpopular new cult then starting to spread through the Roman empire: Christianity. All this contrasts starkly with four chapters focusing on one of Nero's most principled opponents, the Stoic senator Thrasea Paetus, an audacious figure of moral fibre, who courageously refuses to bend to the forces of imperial corruption and hypocrisy. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and a commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Owen's and Gildenhard's incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both A2 and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis and historical background to encourage critical engagement with Tacitus' prose and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought.

Author : Mathew Owen,Ingo Gildenhard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:883828171

Get Book

Tacitus, Annals, 15.20-23, 33-45 by Mathew Owen,Ingo Gildenhard Pdf

Author : Cornelius Tacitus,Mathew Owen,Ingo Gildenhard,Open Book Publishers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Rome
ISBN : 1783740035

Get Book

Tacitus, Annals, 15.20-23, 33-45 by Cornelius Tacitus,Mathew Owen,Ingo Gildenhard,Open Book Publishers Pdf

"The emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome's most infamous villains, and Tacitus' Annals have played a central role in shaping the mainstream historiographical understanding of this flamboyant autocrat. This section of the text plunges us straight into the moral cesspool that Rome had apparently become in the later years of Nero's reign, chronicling the emperor's fledgling stage career including his plans for a grand tour of Greece; his participation in a city-wide orgy climaxing in his publicly consummated 'marriage' to his toy boy Pythagoras; the great fire of AD 64, during which large parts of central Rome went up in flames; and the rising of Nero's 'grotesque' new palace, the so-called 'Golden House', from the ashes of the city. This building project stoked the rumours that the emperor himself was behind the conflagration, and Tacitus goes on to present us with Nero's gruesome efforts to quell these mutterings by scapegoating and executing members of an unpopular new cult then starting to spread through the Roman empire: Christianity. All this contrasts starkly with four chapters focusing on one of Nero's most principled opponents, the Stoic senator Thrasea Paetus, an audacious figure of moral fibre, who courageously refuses to bend to the forces of imperial corruption and hypocrisy. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and a commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Owen's and Gildenhard's incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both A2 and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis and historical background to encourage critical engagement with Tacitus' prose and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought."--Publisher's website.

Author : Aaron Michael Butts,Robin Darling Young
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813233680

Get Book

Syriac Christian Culture by Aaron Michael Butts,Robin Darling Young Pdf

Syriac Christianity developed in the first centuries CE in the Middle East, where it continued to flourish throughout Late Antiquity and the Medieval period, while also spreading widely, as far as India and China. Today, Syriac Christians are found in the Middle East, in India, as well in diasporas scattered across the globe. Over this extended time period and across this vast geographic expanse, Syriac Christians have built impressive churches and monasteries, crafted fine pieces of art, and written and transmitted a sizable body of literature. Though often overlooked, neglected, and even persecuted, Syriac Christianity has been – and continues to be – an important part of the humanistic heritage of the last two millennia. The present volume brings together fourteen studies that offer fresh perspectives on Syriac Christianity, especially its literary texts and authors. The timeframes of the individual studies span from the second-century Syriac translation of the Hebrew Bible up to the thirteenth century with the end of the Syriac Renaissance. Several studies analyze key authors from Late Antiquity, such as Aphrahat, Ephrem, Narsai, and Jacob of Serugh. Others investigate translations into Syriac, both from Hebrew and from Greek, while still others examine hagiography, especially its formation and transmission. Reflecting a growing trend in the field, the volume also devotes significant attention to the Medieval period, during which Syriac Christians lived under Islamic rule. The studies in the volume are united in their quest to explore the richness, diversity, and vibrance of Syriac Christianity.

Author : Tacitus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108378130

Get Book

Tacitus: Annals by Tacitus Pdf

Tacitus' account of Nero's principate is an extraordinary piece of historical writing. His graphic narrative (including Annals XV) is one of the highlights of the greatest surviving historian of the Roman Empire. It describes how the imperial system survived Nero's flamboyant and hedonistic tenure as emperor, and includes many famous passages, from the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 to the city-wide party organised by Nero's praetorian prefect, Tigellinus, in Rome. This edition unlocks the difficulties and complexities of this challenging yet popular text for students and instructors alike. It elucidates the historical context of the work and the literary artistry of the author, as well as explaining grammatical difficulties of the Latin for students. It also includes a comprehensive introduction discussing historical, literary and stylistic issues.

Author : Pedar W. Foss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000557183

Get Book

Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius by Pedar W. Foss Pdf

Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius is a forensic examination of two of the most famous letters from the ancient Mediterranean world: Pliny the Younger’s Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20, which offer a contemporary account of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. These letters, sent to the historian Tacitus, provide accounts by Pliny the Younger about what happened when Mt Vesuvius exploded, destroying the surrounding towns and countryside, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, and killing his uncle, Pliny the Elder. This volume provides the first comprehensive full-length treatment of these documents, contextualized by evidence-rich biographies for both Plinys, and a synthesis of the latest archaeological and volcanological research which answers questions about the eruption date. A new collation of sources results in a detailed manuscript tradition and an authoritative Latin text, while commentaries on each letter offer copiously referenced insights on their structure, style, and meaning. Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius offers a thorough companion to these letters, and to the eruption, which will be of interest not only to those working on Vesuvius, Pompeii, and Herculaneum, and the works of Pliny but also to general readers, Latin students, and scholars of the Roman world more broadly.

Author : Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Rome
ISBN : UCSC:32106000379732

Get Book

Annals of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus Pdf

Author : Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600070998

Get Book

Annals of Tacitus, tr. with noters by A.J. Church and W.J. Brodribb by Publius Cornelius Tacitus Pdf

Author : Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024362269

Get Book

Annals of Tacitus. Translated Into English, with Notes and Maps. By A. J. Church ... and W. J. Brodribb, Etc by Cornelius Tacitus Pdf

Author : Cornelius Tacitus,Alfred John Church,William Jackson Brodribb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Rome
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011931305

Get Book

Annals of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus,Alfred John Church,William Jackson Brodribb Pdf

Author : Kelly E. Shannon-Henderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192569103

Get Book

Religion and Memory in Tacitus' Annals by Kelly E. Shannon-Henderson Pdf

Throughout his narrative of Julio-Claudian Rome in the Annals, Tacitus includes numerous references to the gods, fate, fortune, astrology, omens, temples, priests, the emperor cult, and other religious material. Though scholars have long considered Tacitus' discussion of religion of minor importance, this volume demonstrates the significance of such references to an understanding of the work as a whole by analyzing them using cultural memory theory, which views religious ritual as a key component in any society's efforts to create a lived version of the past that helps define cultural identity in the present. Tacitus, who was not only an historian, but also a member of Rome's quindecimviral priesthood, shows a marked interest in even the most detailed rituals of Roman religious life, yet his portrayal of religious material also suggests that the system is under threat with the advent of the principate. Some traditional rituals are forgotten as the shape of the Roman state changes while, simultaneously, a new form of cultic commemoration develops as deceased emperors are deified and the living emperor and his family members are treated in increasingly worshipful ways by his subjects. This study traces the deployment of religious material throughout Tacitus' narrative in order to show how he views the development of this cultic "amnesia" over time, from the reign of the cryptic, autocratic, and oddly mystical Tiberius, through Claudius' failed attempts at reviving tradition, to the final sacrilegious disasters of the impious Nero. As the first book-length treatment of religion in the Annals, it reveals how these references are a key vehicle for his assessment of the principate as a system of government, the activities of individual emperors, and their impact on Roman society and cultural identity.

Author : Ingo Zissos Andrew Gildenhard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1013286510

Get Book

Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.511-733 by Ingo Zissos Andrew Gildenhard Pdf

This extract from Ovid's 'Theban History' recounts the confrontation of Pentheus, king of Thebes, with his divine cousin, Bacchus, the god of wine. Notwithstanding the warnings of the seer Tiresias and the cautionary tale of a character Acoetes (perhaps Bacchus in disguise), who tells of how the god once transformed a group of blasphemous sailors into dolphins, Pentheus refuses to acknowledge the divinity of Bacchus or allow his worship at Thebes. Enraged, yet curious to witness the orgiastic rites of the nascent cult, Pentheus conceals himself in a grove on Mt. Cithaeron near the locus of the ceremonies. But in the course of the rites he is spotted by the female participants who rush upon him in a delusional frenzy, his mother and sisters in the vanguard, and tear him limb from limb.The episode abounds in themes of abiding interest, not least the clash between the authoritarian personality of Pentheus, who embodies 'law and order', masculine prowess, and the martial ethos of his city, and Bacchus, a somewhat effeminate god of orgiastic excess, who revels in the delusional and the deceptive, the transgression of boundaries, and the blurring of gender distinctions.This course book offers a wide-ranging introduction, the original Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and an extensive commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Gildenhard and Zissos's incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at AS and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Ovid's poetry and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Author : Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000681896

Get Book

Annals by Cornelius Tacitus Pdf

Author : Ingo Gildenhard
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781783745920

Get Book

Cicero, Philippic 2, 44–50, 78–92, 100–119 by Ingo Gildenhard Pdf

Cicero composed his incendiary Philippics only a few months after Rome was rocked by the brutal assassination of Julius Caesar. In the tumultuous aftermath of Caesar’s death, Cicero and Mark Antony found themselves on opposing sides of an increasingly bitter and dangerous battle for control. Philippic 2 was a weapon in that war. Conceived as Cicero’s response to a verbal attack from Antony in the Senate, Philippic 2 is a rhetorical firework that ranges from abusive references to Antony’s supposedly sordid sex life to a sustained critique of what Cicero saw as Antony’s tyrannical ambitions. Vituperatively brilliant and politically committed, it is both a carefully crafted literary artefact and an explosive example of crisis rhetoric. It ultimately led to Cicero’s own gruesome death. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, vocabulary aids, study questions, and an extensive commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Ingo Gildenhard’s volume will be of particular interest to students of Latin studying for A-Level or on undergraduate courses. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Cicero, his oratory, the politics of late-republican Rome, and the transhistorical import of Cicero’s politics of verbal (and physical) violence.

Author : Alan Ereira,Terry Jones
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409070429

Get Book

Terry Jones' Barbarians by Alan Ereira,Terry Jones Pdf

Terry Jones' Barbarians takes a completely fresh approach to Roman history. Not only does it offer us the chance to see the Romans from a non-Roman perspective, it also reveals that most of those written off by the Romans as uncivilized, savage and barbaric were in fact organized, motivated and intelligent groups of people, with no intentions of overthrowing Rome and plundering its Empire. This original and fascinating study does away with the propaganda and opens our eyes to who really established the civilized world. Delving deep into history, Terry Jones and Alan Ereira uncover the impressive cultural and technological achievements of the Celts, Goths, Persians and Vandals. In this paperback edition, Terry and Alan travel through 700 years of history on three continents, bringing wit, irreverence, passion and scholarship to transform our view of the legacy of the Roman Empire and the creation of the modern world.