Cornelii Taciti Annalium Libri XIII-XVI
With Introductions and Notes Abridged from the Larger Work

Pitman's 1904 edition of Books 13 to 16 of Tacitus' Annals draws on the scholarly work of Furneaux.

Tacitus (Author), Henry Furneaux (Edited by), H. Pitman (Edited by)

9781108028554, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 June 2011

318 pages, 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.4 kg

A classical scholar from the University of Oxford, Henry Furneaux (1829–1900) specialised in the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus. This work acquired the name of Annals for the style of history it presents, dealing with events year by year, rather than thematically. The Annals cover the reigns of four Roman emperors, beginning after the death of Augustus. The work originally consisted of sixteen books dealing with a period of 54 years, but several of them are incomplete or have not survived at all. This volume contains the text of Books 13 to 16 (the final book being incomplete), and covers the reign of Nero, a subject which brought out to the full Tacitus' famous style of condemnation through cutting irony. This reissue is taken from Pitman's 1904 edition, abridged 'to serve the needs of students requiring a less copious and advanced commentary' than that supplied by Furneaux.

Preface
Introduction
Text of Books XIII-XVI
Notes on the text.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]