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The history of make-believe: Tacitus on imperial Rome

open access: yes, 2003
A theoretically sophisticated and illuminating reading of Tacitus, especially the Histories , this work points to a new understanding of the logic of Roman rule during the early Empire. Tacitus, in Holly Haynes' analysis, does not write about the reality
Tacitus, Cornelius, Haynes, Holly
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Memories of (Ancient Roman) War in Tolkien’s Dead Marshes

open access: yesthersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date, 2017
The dark, malodorous wetland called the Dead Marshes ranks among the most memorable and enigmatic landscapes in fantasy literature. While one influential line of scholarship connects the passage to Tolkien’s experiences in the Great War, this article ...
Marian W. Makins
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Agrippina as prima donna: The reception of Agrippina, mother of Nero, in Handel’s opera Agrippina

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2019
This article examines the way in which Agrippina, the mother of the emperor Nero, is depicted in Handel’s opera Agrippina. The opera’s libretto, written by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani, draws upon the historical information in Suetonius’ biography of ...
Betine van Zyl Smit
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A Siamese Transformer Network for Zero-Shot Ancient Coin Classification. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Imaging, 2023
Guo Z   +4 more
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A Companion to Tacitus /

open access: yes, 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.The textual transmission / Charles E. Murgia -- The Agricola / Dylan Sailor -- Germania / James B. Rives -- Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus : a socio-cultural history / Steven H.
Pagan, Victoria Emma(viaf)6131083edt
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Andreae Alciati Mediolanensis in eundem annotationes

open access: yes
eodem Cor. Tacito autore ; Eiusdem dialogus, an sui seculi oratores antiquioribus, et quare concedant ; Cn. Julii Agricolae vita / per eundemErscheinungsjahr nach Kolophon: MENSE AVGVSTO, ANNO, M.D.XIX.Titelholzschn.
Tacitus, Cornelius
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Die germanische Mythosgestalt *Askiz in der Germania von Cornelius Tacitus und in altnordischen Quellen

open access: yesBrünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik, 2016
The work by Publius Cornelius Tacitus entitled De origine et situ Germanorum is an inexhaustible source of knowledge about ancient Germanic peoples, their culture, beliefs and even their mythology.
Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak   +1 more
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