Annals: Books 13 - 16
Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in AD 55, 56 or 57 and lived to about 120. He became an orator, married in 77 a daughter of Julius Agricola before Agricola went to Britain, was quaestor in 81 or 82, a senator under the Flavian emperors, and a praetor in 88. After four years' absence he experienced the terrors of Emperor Domitian's last years and turned to historical writing. He was a consul in 97. Close friend of the younger Pliny, with him he successfully prosecuted Marius Priscus. Works: (i) Life and Character of Agricola, written in 97- 98, specially interesting because of Agricola's career in Britain. (ii) Germania…
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Weitere Autoren: Jackson, John (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-674-99355-6
- EAN: 9780674993556
- Produktnummer: 8423558
- Verlag: Harvard University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1989
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Masse: H17.2 cm x B11.6 cm x D2.4 cm 328 g
- Gewicht: 328
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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