Ebook: A Companion to Tacitus

A Companion to Tacitus brings much needed clarity and accessibility to the notoriously difficult language and yet indispensable historical accounts of Tacitus. The companion provides both a broad introduction and showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author. Tacitus is one of the most important Roman historians of his time, as well as a great literary stylist, whose work is characterized by his philosophy of human nature Encourages interdisciplinary discussion intended to engage scholars beyond Classics including philosophy, cultural studies, politic.;A COMPANION TO TACITUS; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: Texts; 1: The Textual Transmission; 2: The Agricola; 3: Germania; 4: Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus: A Socio-Cultural History; 5: The Histories; 6: The Annals; PART II: Historiography; 7: Tacitus' Sources; 8: Tacitus and Roman Historiography; 9: The Concentration of Power and Writing History: Forms of Historical Persuasion in the Histories (1.1- 49); PART III: Interpretations; 10: Deliberative Oratory in the Annals and the Dialogus; 11: Tacitus' Senatorial Embassies of 69 ce.