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The Classical Quarterly, 1989
Abstract The standard interpretation of the obituary’s final paragraph, where Tacitus divides the emperor’s life into five tempora diuersa, is that provided by F. R. D. Goodyear,which may be summarized as follows. During the last period of his life Tiberius, now free from anyone who might act as a restraining influence, revealed his own ...
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Abstract The standard interpretation of the obituary’s final paragraph, where Tacitus divides the emperor’s life into five tempora diuersa, is that provided by F. R. D. Goodyear,which may be summarized as follows. During the last period of his life Tiberius, now free from anyone who might act as a restraining influence, revealed his own ...
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Tacitus and the Contemporary Scene
2010Tacitus' first historical work can be dated with unusual precision. Internal evidence indicates that he was writing the preface to the Agricola between October 97 and late January 98 and that he was finishing the work after Trajan had become emperor (3.1, 44.5). Since we know from Pliny ( Ep. 2.1.6) that Tacitus was suffect consul in 97, he may even
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The Problem of Annals 15.44: On the Plinian Origin of Tacitus's Information on Christians
Journal of Early Christian History, 2023Christopher M Hansen
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1998
Abstract Tacitus, writing early in the second century AD, is acknowledged to be ancient Rome's greatest historian; his Annals, describing the emperors from Tiberius to Nero (AD 14 - 68), is his greatest work. This book gathers together Professor Woodman's writings on Tacitus over the past twenty-five years, focusing almost exclusively on
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Abstract Tacitus, writing early in the second century AD, is acknowledged to be ancient Rome's greatest historian; his Annals, describing the emperors from Tiberius to Nero (AD 14 - 68), is his greatest work. This book gathers together Professor Woodman's writings on Tacitus over the past twenty-five years, focusing almost exclusively on
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Tacitus on Political Failure: A Realist Interpretation
European Legacy, 2021Zoltan Gabor Szücs
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