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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

...their power (and the Romans were far away), the...reads like a capsule history of Rome. Particularly...But the point that Tacitus makes about the history...still in place. When Tacitus tells the story about...with his narrative of Roman events, because within...not us, and indeed Tacitus elsewhere emphasizes...
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Tacitus: And Other Roman Studies

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

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Martial, Rhetoric, Ancient, Tacitus, Cornelius

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...either in the birth of Tacitus, in his character...the princes whose history he wrote, and withheld...for the judgments of Tacitus, we must not forget the conception of history formed by the ancient and especially the Roman historians. They...
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Tacitus Reviewed

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

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...various statements in turn. Tacitus begins at a 1 by stating...different in that there Tacitus points to political circumstances in earlier Roman history with which his present...Exkurse in den Annalen des Tacitus 1933 . -130-
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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

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...Augustusrise to power, Tacitus describes the new Roman state, comprising men...Greek word stasis. 24 Tacitus points up his translation...Thucydidean line of Tacitus as highly relevant to...when he entitled his history of Augustus The Roman...
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Roman Invasions: The British History, Protestant Anti-Romanism, and the Historical Imagination in England, 1530-1660

Book by John E. Curran Jr.; University of Delaware Press, 2002

Subjects:

Catholic Church--In Literature, Catholics In Literature, English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, English Literature--Protestant Authors--History And Criticism, Great Britain--History--Invasions--Historiography, Great Britain--History--Roman Period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D--Historiography, Literature And History--Great Britain--History--16th Century, Literature And History--Great Britain--History--17th Century, Protestantism And Literature--History--16th Century, Protestantism And Literature--History--17th Century, Romans--Great Britain--Historiography, Rome--In Literature

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...they replace the anti- Roman provisions of the Galfridian...destiny, faced the Romans on an equal footing...power symbolized by Tacitus. Though not an image of Roman imperialism, like Caesar...ones own story. But Tacitus had an additional drawback...Britons and of the British History. Hector Boeces Scottish...

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Journal Articles on: tacitus roman history

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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

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...we turn to Tacitus. He was a...serve the Roman Empire. He...time when the Romans had lost much...heartedness of his histories. Thus, perhaps...century of the Roman Empire. Thus...observations of Tacitus still have...wrote his histories, the tyrannical...again, the Romans had chosen...result was a Roman world that...patricians for whom Tacitus recited his...
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Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History

Journal article by Barbara Weiden Boyd; CLIO, Vol. 36, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Narratives in Roman History. by Barbara...writers of Roman history, emerging from...fatedness" of Roman hegemony in the...effects of the Romans exposure to the...casual students of Roman history: the Catilinarian...as narrated by Tacitus; the assassination...
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Matricide Revisited: Dramatic and Rhetorical Allusion in Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio

Journal article by Han Baltussen; Antichthon, Vol. 36, 2002

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Books, Historians

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...work in part on Tacitus,14 here chooses...by Dio in his Roman History at 62. 13,5...Euripides and perhaps Tacitus: III The significance...tiirning-point in Roman Imperial history. In evoking such...with so few words Tacitus succeeds in writing...
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Not Before Homosexuality: The Materiality of the Cinaedus and the Roman Law Against Love Between Men

Journal article by Amy Richlin; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 3, 1993

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Sex Customs--History, Sexology

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...And indeed this aspect of Roman life can be and has been extensively...sins should be hidden. 73 Thus Tacitus ( Germ. 12.1-2), commenting...we see here a refraction of Roman attitudes (note the company...was less "hidden" than what Tacitus attributes to the Germans...
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Romans and Romanticism

Journal article by Marilyn Gaull; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 36, 2005

Subjects:

Boadicea, Queen--Portrayals, Classical literature--Influence, English romanticism, 1798-1832--History, Roman Britain, 43-449--Portrayals

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Sonnet 8, "Temptations from Roman Refinements"
Romans who originally brought it...1586), that the Britons and Romans had assimilated and that the British were "genetically Roman" (Ayres 86), an idea that...Latin texts revising British history to separate it from the Roman...Celtic, Roman, and Christian histories. This comprehensive and materially...

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Magazine Articles on: tacitus roman history

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Childhood in the Roman Empire: Ray Laurence Considers How Children Were Seen in Ancient Rome and Looks at Some of the Harsher Aspects of Childhood-Sickness, Violence and Endless Work

Magazine article by Ray Laurence; History Today, Vol. 55, October 2005

Subjects:

Ancient Roman civilization--Social aspects, Child death--History, Children--Death, Children--History, Romans--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of an archetypal young Roman. He wore the wrong clothes...and were written into history as young tyrants, thus...Children and Childhood in Roman Italy (Oxford University...Press, 2003). FROM THE HISTORY TODAY ARCHIVE Keith Hopkins...Everyday Life for the Roman Schoolboy (October 1993...
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Roman Roads

Magazine article by Logan Thompson; History Today, Vol. 47, February 1997

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Roads, Roman--Design and construction, Rome (Ancient)--Transportation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and protection of the Roman Empire rested upon the...led soldiers that Roman civilisation advanced...one of the best in history, and certainly the...and how, did the Romans devote so much time...understood it. All Romans understood it. Without their route network the Roman Empire would not have...and Oxford Illustrated History of Roman Britain (Oxford...
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The Ideal of Unity; Russell Chamberlin Examines the Origins and Development of Europe's Persistent Vision of Unity from the Birth of the Holy Roman Empire to Its Fall

Magazine article by Russell Chamberlin; History Today, Vol. 53, November 2003

Subjects:

Europe--History, Europe--Political aspects, European federation--History, European federation--Political aspects, European federation--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Augustus, Nero, Virgil and Tacitus--endured until 1453...historian of the Holy Roman Empire, agreed that...of the great myths of history is the portrayal of the Fall of the Roman Empire as a Hollywood...elegant, toga-clad Romans, raping, murdering...my wish to destroy the Roman name and erect in its...
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Lessons of Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic Provides Lessons That Hint at Flaws in Modern Political Policies

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

Subjects:

Roman culture--Analysis, Roman culture--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...rise and fall of the Roman Republic. From a modern vantage point, Roman history instructs poignantly...centuries that, to most Romans, made the loss of Roman liberty only vaguely...republic--Appian, Tacitus, Cassius Dio, Sallust...
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Unpeaceful Symbol: A Look at the History of the So-Called Peace Symbol Reveals That It Originated in Ancient Pagan Rituals, and That Its Use Has Been Primarily as a Token Not of Peace, but of Evil

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 19, May 5, 2003

Subjects:

Norse mythology, Peace movements--Analysis, Peace movements--History, Roman history, 509-30 BC (Republic), Runes, Signs and symbols--History, Signs and symbols--Religious aspects, Symbolism--Analysis, Symbolism--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Symbol: A Look at the History of the So-Called Peace...is the symbols modem history, which can be traced...investigation of this history reveals, the primary...for instance, the Roman historian Tacitus described one such practice...still required. The Romans often consulted with...

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Newspaper Articles on: tacitus roman history

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Books: Two Dips into History That Are Well Worth the Roman Candle; Nero's Heirs. by Allan Massie (Sceptre, Pounds 16.99). the House of the Vestals. by Steven Saylor (Robinson Paperback, Pounds 6.99). Reviewed by Stephen Harrison

Newspaper article by Stephen Harrison; The Birmingham Post (England), February 19, 2000

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

Books: Two Dips into History That Are Well Worth the Roman Candle; Neros Heirs. by...for a work by the historian Tacitus. But what Tacitus does not know are the bits...bring myself to reveal to Tacitus." What price, then, historys...
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What the Romans Ate, with Recipes

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 2, 2003

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

...modern perception of the Romans as brutal opportunists...Around the Table of the Romans: Food and Feasting...power and conquest, Romans had more common appetites...is easy to appreciate Roman art and architecture...but he dishes his history in the classical style...appropriate morsels of Cato, Tacitus, Ovid, Pliny, and...includes many plays and histories, the only cookbook...
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LEGION OF THE DAMNED; They Were the Roman Empire's Most Fearsome Warriors, Sent to Smash Britain into Submission. Yet as Two Films Vie to Tell Their Story, a Haunting Mystery Remains: How Did the 6,000 Men of the Ninth Legion Vanish into Thin Air -- and Were They the Victims of Boudicca's Dying Curse?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 25, 2009

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

...bloody 1,000-year history, Ancient Rome gave...but which the Romans knew as Caledonia...production) concern the Roman Ninth Legion and...legions in the entire Roman Empire. It was...brutal and corrupt Roman official was to...fury, scorning the Romans under their Emperor...Roman historian Tacitus. In the groves...
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LEGION OF THE AMNED; Theywere the Roman Empire's Most Fearsome Warriors, Sent to Smash Britain into Submission. Yet as Two Films Vie to Tell Their Story, a Haunting Mystery Remains: Howdid the 6,000 Men of the Ninth Legion Vanish into Thin Air -- and Were They the Victims of Boudicca's Dying Curse?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 25, 2009

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

...bloody 1,000-year history, Ancient Rome gave...but which the Romans knew as Caledonia...production) concern the Roman Ninth Legion and...legions in the entire Roman Empire. It was...brutal and corrupt Roman official was to...fury, scorning the Romans under their Emperor...Roman historian Tacitus. In the groves...
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LEGION OF THE DAMNED; They Were the Roman Empire's Most Fearsome Warriors, Sent Forth to Smash the Celts into Submission. Yet as Two Films Vie to Tell Their Story, a Haunting Mystery Remains: How Did the 6,000 Men of the Ninth Legion Vanish into Thin Air -- and Were They the Victims of a Dying Warrior Queen's Curse?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 27, 2009

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

...bloody 1,000-year history, Ancient Rome gave...but which the Romans knew as Caledonia...production) concern the Roman Ninth Legion and...legions in the entire Roman Empire. It was...brutal and corrupt Roman official was to...fury, scorning the Romans under their Emperor...Roman historian Tacitus. In the groves...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: tacitus roman history

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History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...relied on oral histories to learn about...its own written histories. In the 1550s...account of the history and mythology of...Historiography Greek and Roman Historiography...reporting than pure history writing, and the...them was strong. Tacitus followed more or...into two types of histories. One was the universal...
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Ammianus Marcellinus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...n s marsili n s, c.330 c.400, Roman historian, b. Antioch. After retiring...successful military career, he wrote a history of the Roman Empire as a sequel to that of Tacitus, his model. The history, in 31 books, covered the years from...
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Rome , City, Italy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Ancient Rome General histories of ancient Rome are...Among the ancient histories, that of Livy is the...were Julius Caesar, Tacitus , Suetonius , Polybius...See F. F. Abbott, History and Description of Roman Political Institutions...H. Barrow, The Romans (1949, repr. 1964...A History of the Roman World (3d ed. 1961...
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Lipsius, Justus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...of the most celebrated authorities of his day on Roman literature, history, and antiquities. Lipsius edited many works of Latin literature, his edition of Tacitus being particularly famous...
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London , City, England

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Wimbledon championship). History Little is known of London...when, according to the Roman historian Tacitus, the followers of Queen Boadicea...slaughtered the inhabitants of the Roman fort Londinium. Roman authority was soon restored...

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