Annales by roman historian and senator tacitus is a history of the roman empire from the reign of tiberius to that of nero, the years ad 1468. The internet classics archive the annals by tacitus. Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and commentary. Email your librarian or administrator to recommend adding this book to your organisations collection. Cornelius tacitus, the annals alfred john church, william jackson brodribb, ed. Others found the explanation in a private compact stipulating that. The annals tacitusbook 15 wikisource, the free online library. Chapters 118 of annals 15 cover developments in romes war against parthia. The commentary attends equally to literary, historical and textual questions. Brill some scholars have argued that tacitus reference to christ in connection with the burning of rome under nero is a 4th century or later interpolation. The annals tacitusbook 15 wikisource, the free online. The next thing was to seek means of propitiating the gods, and recourse was had to the sibylline books, by the direction of which prayers were offered to vulcanus, ceres, and proserpina. So, while they dropped hints among themselves or among their friends about the emperors crimes, the approaching end of empire, and the importance of choosing some one to rescue the state in its distress, they associated with them tullius senecio, cervarius proculus, vulcatius araricus, julius augurinus. Juno, too, was entreated by the matrons, first, in the capitol, then on the nearest part of the coast, whence.
The annals by tacitus, part of the internet classics archive. Vergili maronis, aeneidos liber secundus, with a commentary, oxford. The set text carries on for a bit, covering the end of ad 62 and the beginning of ad 63 15. Review of striking prodigies that occurred in ad 62 iii 23. We parachute right into the middle of a meeting of the roman senate that took place towards the end of the year 62 15. There are several appendixes on topics of more specialized interest. Tacitus account of it began in the previous paragraph 15. Unethical senatorial careerism comes back onto the agenda. Richard carrier, the prospect of a christian interpolation in tacitus, annals 15.
This book offers a portion of the original latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and a commentary. The annals of tacitus with a commentary by the rev. Part of a complete english translation of the annals. At last, after five days, an end was put to the conflagration at the foot of the esquiline hill, by the destruction of all buildings on a vast space, so that the violence of the fire was met by clear ground and an open sky.
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