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Description: Good in Not Issued jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Later printing of the 1952 edition. Light over-all wear. Good sound copy. Volume 15 in the Great Books of the Western World. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Date Published: 1952
ISBN-13:9781551032412ISBN:1551032414
Description: Fine. Gift Quality-1990-2nd Edition-Black covers with gold lettering and dark blue to spine As New Condition-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Shipped. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Illinois
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. BLUE CLOTH COVER, SPINE ENDS LIGHTLY BUMPED. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
Description: Volume 14 of Great Books of the Western World, Fourth Printing, 1993. Black cover with blue binding inset, gilt top edge. Translated by Alfred J. Church and William J. Brodribb. Two histories of ancient Rome as written by Tacitus, c.55-c.117. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Benton/Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc, Chicago, Il
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book is tight with no markings, number 15 of the great books of the western world, minor soiling to page edges, boards have light rubbing and head/tail have a little creasing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twayne (, New York
Date Published: 1964)
Description: Edited, abridged and introduced by Hugh Lloyd-Jones, from the translation by A. J. Church and W. J. Brodribb. 524 pages. Hardcover, very good (small amount of fade to blue cloth covers) in very good dust jacket with some rubbing. read more
Description: Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library 1979 The 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Great Books of the Western World 566 pages + 8 maps, 6 3/4 x 9 1/2, heavy grained full brown leather, spine with 4 raised hubs, gilt lettering and extensive spine & cover gilt decorations, orange moire silk endpapers and bound in ribbon marker CONDITION: FINE, small price in pencil on endpaper o/w an excellent copy, fine condition (no bookplates, no faded endpapers, gilt bright) SERIES-The 25th ... read more
Binding: Blue
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., USA
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. No Jacket. Exlibrary. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. College library discard. Numbers on spine; stamped on title page and bottom edge; checkout items on endpapers. 313 pages, light wear, text clean, binding tight, read more
Description: Very Good. 1551032414! Cover shows a liitle wear and may have a tear, may have some bent pages, text is good. Expedited shipping available. read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. 1ST Ed. Used, very good. Cover has some edge wear. Cover has some rubbing. Dust jacket in Acceptable condition. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Hardcover. 1ST Ed. Used, very good. Cover has some edge wear. Cover has some rubbing. Dust jacket in Acceptable condition. read more
"too sweeping a history for me, without enough excitement to keep me fully engaged. there were some fun moments, though, and i appreciated occasionally running into a familiar name or event. that it ended with a foray into anti-semitism was an unexpected treat (um, what?).
my next metro read- 'something i should have read in college but didn't 101'- will be something slightly less ambitious, so it won't take quite so long, i hope."
"Tacitus is one of the greatest historians working in Ancient Rome. His writing style and treatment of source material make him both an entertaining and effective historian.
Tacitus is a rare breed among the historians of Ancient Rome. He seems to be one of the first people in antiquity to discover that concise writing is far superior to flowery, heavily embellished prose when writing history. His clear, concise writing style is a model of brevity. His no-frills prose makes him easier to read and comprehend. His matter-of-fact tone lends his writing an air of authority and plausibility. He is immanently trustworthy. We still need to be critical of his works, but he has critiqued both his own work, and his sources, which makes it easier for modern historians to enjoy his work.
Tacitus was fortunate enough to have access to the Senate's official records, which gave him the inside scoop on what really happened there. His work focuses a great deal on the tension between the Senate and the emperors, so having the ability to access Senate documents was crucial to his understanding of that dynamic. However, there are portions of his Annals that are less trustworthy, as they come from mostly second-hand sources. The Histories were composed with greater reliance on the Senate documents. In addition, he also read speeches of emperors, and examined other literary and historic sources in composing his work. This large collection of sources that he chose to draw from makes the scope of his work as wide as the Roman Empire itself.
It is impossible for any historian to be truly objective when studying a period of history that is close to them, chronologically and emotionally speaking. For example, since Tacitus married the daughter of Agricola, it is likely that Tacitus's work on Agricola is very biased. Tacitus might have been unfairly harsh towards Domitian, because life under Domitian was a time of great chaos and intrigue for the Roman people. Overall, I would say that Tacitus is the greatest historian of Ancient Rome, and perhaps in all of antiquity. He manages to attempt, nearly successfully, to suppress his own biases in composing his major works, the Annals, and the Histories."
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