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Books on: Tacitus

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The Germania of Tacitus

Book by Rodney Potter Robinson, Cornelius Tacitus; American Philological Association, 1935

Subjects:

Germanic Peoples, Tacitus, Cornelius--Germania

Collections: Entire Library

...WILLIAM ABBOTT OLDFATHER THE GERMANIA OF TACITUS A CRITICAL EDITION BY RODNEY POTTER...includes all works pertaining primarily to Tacitus which are cited anywhere in the course...bears the title, " Decumates Agri in Tacitus Germania ," and is devoted to a searching...
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Tacitus Reviewed

Book by A. J. Woodman; Clarendon Press, 1998

Subjects:

Rome--Historiography, Rome--History--The Five Julii, 30 B.C.-68 A.D, Tacitus, Cornelius--Annales

Collections: History, Entire Library

Tacitus was Rome's greatest historian, and the Annals his greatest work. This book collects A.J. Woodman's writings on Tacitus over the past twenty-five years, focusing almost exclusively on the Annals. Woodman offers new or different interpretations of some of the most famous passages in the work ...
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Tacitus was Rome's greatest historian, and the Annals his greatest work. This book collects A.J. Woodman's writings on Tacitus over the past twenty-five years, focusing almost exclusively on the Annals. Woodman offers new or different interpretations of some of the most famous passages in the work, and argues that, through familiarity, generations of scholars have misread significant passages, thereby gaining and perpetuating a distorted view of what Tacitus had to say, especially about Tiberius. His iconoclastic insights will have major implications for those who wish to use the Annals as a source for what happened in the first century AD.
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Tacitus: And Other Roman Studies

Book by Gaston Boissier, W. G. Hutchison; G P Putnams Sons, 1906

Subjects:

Martial, Rhetoric, Ancient, Tacitus, Cornelius

Collections: Entire Library

TACITUS AND OTHER ROMAN STUDIES TACITUS AND OTHER ROMAN STUDIES BY GASTON BOISSIER PROFESSOR OF LATIN...Quintilian thus expressed himself he was unacquainted with the works of Tacitus, that is to say of the greatest man among them. In his time it...
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The History of Make-Believe: Tacitus on Imperial Rome

Book by Holly Haynes; University of California Press, 2003

Subjects:

Rome--History--Civil War, 68-69--Historiography, Rome--History--Flavians, 69-96--Historiography, Tacitus, Cornelius--Historiae

Collections: History, Entire Library

"In "The History of Make-Believe, Holly Haynes acutely queries the relationship of historiography, historical reality, and symbolic representations of lived historical processes. This is a serious book, informed by wide reading, and full of startlingly original insights on some of the most prominent ...
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"In "The History of Make-Believe, Holly Haynes acutely queries the relationship of historiography, historical reality, and symbolic representations of lived historical processes. This is a serious book, informed by wide reading, and full of startlingly original insights on some of the most prominent and significant themes in Tacitus's works. Indeed, it deserves close attention by anyone interested in the political and social strategies of high Imperial Rome."--T. Corey Brennan, author of "The Praetorship in the Roman Republic
"In Tacitus the historical truth is conveyed in literary truth-telling. Instead of leaving the two separated as we do, Holly Haynes shows that Tacitus put them together in what she calls the combination 'make-believe.' Her book shines with originality and intelligence while opening the way to Tacitus's canny wisdom."--Harvey Mansfield, author of "Machiavelli's Virtue
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Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus

Book by Ellen O'Gorman; Cambridge University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Irony, Rhetoric, Ancient, Rome--Historiography, Tacitus, Cornelius--Annales, Tacitus, Cornelius--Technique

Collections: Entire Library

This book is a literary analysis of the language and style of Tacitus' Annals. The political context of first-second century AD Rome is also taken into consideration. In analysis of particular passages close attention is given to the structure of the Latin, which is fully translated. Issues relating ...
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This book is a literary analysis of the language and style of Tacitus' Annals. The political context of first-second century AD Rome is also taken into consideration. In analysis of particular passages close attention is given to the structure of the Latin, which is fully translated. Issues relating to the study of narrative, Roman politics and theories of history are addressed in the course of the discussion.
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Journal Articles on: Tacitus

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Turning to Tacitus

Journal article by James Bacchus; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 37, 2004

Subjects:

Freedom--Analysis, Liberty--Analysis, Rule of law--Analysis, Tacitus--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

Turning to Tacitus. by James Bacchus Tacitus? Who was Tacitus? It was a cold December day in 1967. It was my first final exam in my very first semester as a student at Vanderbilt University. And it was all I could do to keep from...
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Sons and Mothers: Agrippina, Semiramis, and the Philological Construction of Gender Roles in Early Modern Germany (Lohenstein's 'Agrippina,' 1665)

Journal article by Jane O. Newman; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 49, 1996

Subjects:

German drama--17th century, Incest--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Mothers and sons--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Queens--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...based on suggestions by Suetonius and Tacitus of improper sexual relations between mother...references to the annotated editions of Tacitus and Suetonius the German playwright used...classical historians like Suetonius and Tacitus of the kind available for Lohenstein in...
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Functional and Historical Explanations for Village Social Organization in Northern Europe

Journal article by Robert Layton; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 1, 1995

Subjects:

Northern Europe--Social aspects, Social action--History, Villages--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...differences to develop over time. The Roman author Tacitus described a number of customs among the Germanic...of resources. Since the re-publication of Tacituss work in 1574, many authors have taken Tacitus as an authority for the Germanic origin of...
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Liberty and History in Jonson's Invitation to Supper

Journal article by Robert Cummings; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 40, 2000

Subjects:

English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English poetry--17th century, Jonson, Ben (Dramatist)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...an age with Camden, the translator of Tacitus, Sir Henry Savile ("grave, and truly letterd...historians at the center of the poem-- Tacitus and the rest--is balanced by the absence...proposes readings from Livy, Virgil, and Tacitus--names that sit strangely with the conies...
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The Disciplined Citizen: Thomas Hobbes, Neostoicism and the Critique of Classical Citizenship

Journal article by David Burchell; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 45, 1999

Subjects:

Citizenship--Philosophy, De Cive (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hobbes, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library

...the sceptical historical arguments of Tacitus, combined with what Tuck calls a psychological...the introduction to the 1581 edition of Tacitus collected works, the latters works provided...discipline of the Roman state as described by Tacitus.(27) Undoubtedly the most influential...

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Magazine Articles on: Tacitus

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Domitian and the Dynamics of Terror in Classical Rome

Magazine article by Peter Wiseman; History Today, Vol. 46, September 1996

Subjects:

Despotism--Analysis, Domitian, Emperor of Rome--Evaluation, Roman emperors--Political activity, Roman law--Social aspects, Rome (Ancient)--Politics and government

Collections: History, Entire Library

...provide us with the reason. First, Cornelius Tacitus, a senator aged thirty-nine or forty at...testimony is consistent with what Pliny and Tacitus say. Why is it, then, that modern scholars...contemporary sources -- Seneca in Caligulas case, Tacitus and Pliny in Domitians -- are systematically...
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For the Serious Student

Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 7, 2005

Subjects:

Gibbon, Edward, Roman culture--History

Collections: Entire Library

...best sources for the first century A.D., Tacitus and Suetonius, both make grim if informative reading. Tacitus, lauded by many as the best Roman historian...Christian era. The surviving portions of Tacitus two magisterial works on Roman history...
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Morality Matters: If America Continues to Shed the Values of Her Judeo-Christian Heritage, She Will Surely Follow Ancient Rome into Bondage. Freedom Cannot Long Coexist with Moral Depravity

Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 19, December 15, 2003

Collections: Entire Library

...imperial decadence--Cicero, Suetonius, Tacitus, Juvenal and others--placed great emphasis...left who had seen the republic," lamented Tacitus of the early years of the empire. "The...Moral Decline In the case of" Rome, as Tacitus pointed out, this decline in morality...
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Water Water

Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 204, December 1998

Subjects:

Architecture--Design and construction, Water in landscape architecture--History

Collections: Entire Library

...woods here, open spaces and views there. Tacitus was cutting about the cunning impudent...Thames Hudson, London, 1966, p38. 2 Tacitus, Publius Cornelius, The Annals of Imperial...Harmondsworth, 1996, p364. In fact, even Tacitus had to admit that Nero (who may or may...
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The Founding Fathers & the Classics: The Stream of Classical History Was One of the Primary Tributaries of American Political Thought at the Time of the Founding

Magazine article by Ii Joe Wolverton; The New American, Vol. 20, September 20, 2004

Subjects:

Ancient history--Analysis, Education--Usage, Founders (Originators)--Analysis, Founders (Originators)--Services, History, Ancient--Analysis

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...learn to master Virgil, Horace, Justinian, Tacitus, Herodotus, Lucretius and Thucydides...Herodotus, Xeuophon, Plutarch, Livy, Sallust, Tacitus and Polybius. Thomas Jeffersons classmates...republics recorded by Herodotus, Livy, Tacitus, Sallust, Plutarch, Polybius and others...

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Newspaper Articles on: Tacitus

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Your Questions Answered?

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), August 9, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...answer last week which stated historians Tacitus and Seutonius both wrote about a man called...not the same name as `Christos. Neither Tacitus nor Seutonius ever use the name Jesus, although Tacitus does refer to a `Christ." Edward Bell...
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British Warriors; Meditating on Nature, Culture of British Might and Character

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 23, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Meditating on nature, culture of British might and character Byline: Josiah Bunting, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Tacitus, describing outmanned British warriors his father-in-law Agricola had defeated in the Second Century, observed, not without...
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MAYOR Boris Johnson Likes to Quote

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 15, 2008

Subjects:

Johnson, Boris, Mayors

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...likes to quote the dusty Latin classics, so whatwould he make of this observation by Labour peer and broadcaster Lord Bragg?"Tacitus believed that if a man could not control his own physical appetites,then there was no reason at all to trust him with the appetites...
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PALACE OF DEPRAVITY; Perched 300ft Up on a Clifftop,it's the Most Stunning Home in the Med - and Now Roman Abramovich Wants to Buy it.But Does He Know What the Previous Owner Got Up To?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 19, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Rome. Next, according to the historian Tacitus, writing some 70 years after Tiberiuss...Sejanuss young children, a boy and a girl. Tacitus quoted contemporary writers who reported...never to return to Rome - according to Tacitus, in order to indulge his carnal desire...
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Coffee Break Extra: Quizopedia

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 2, 2008

Subjects:

Crescent Heights X Inc., Hotels and motels--United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...was on the southern edge of the last Ice Age, ii) Its Roman fort lies directly under the local comprehensive school, iii) Tacitus, the Roman writer, only mentioned three Welsh places, ----- being one of them, iv) Iron, Steel Tin came in the C18th, v...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: Tacitus

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Tacitus , Roman Historian

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

TACITUS , Roman historian (Cornelius Tacitus), c.a.d. 55 c.a.d. 117, Roman historian. Little is known...in the style of Cicero, demonstrating to some degree why Tacitus was celebrated as an eloquent speaker; this work was long...
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Tacitus , Roman Emperor

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

TACITUS , Roman emperor (Marcus Claudius Tacitus)tas it s, d. 276, Roman emperor (275 76). An elderly senator with a reputation for honesty and vigor, he was chosen by the senate to succeed the murdered Aurelian . He failed to restore the...
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Petronius

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Arbiter because of his now generally accepted identity with Gaius Petronius, to whom Tacitus refers as arbiter elegantiae in the court of Nero. According to Tacitus, Petronius served first as proconsul, then as consul of Bithynia. He is remembered...
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Probus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Marcus Aurelius Probus)pro b s, d. 282, Roman emperor (276 82), b. Pannonia. He was governor of the East under Marcus Claudius Tacitus , whom he succeeded as emperor. He defeated the barbarians in Gaul and in Illyria. He reformed the administration and embellished...
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Germanic Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...practices among the tribes of Western Europe, Germany, and Scandinavia. The main sources for our knowledge are the Germania of Tacitus and the Elder Edda and the Younger Edda. Although it is possible to perceive certain basic concepts that were important...

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