Tacitus: Annals Book IV (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Bk. 4)

The fourth book of Tacitus' Annals has been described as 'the best that Tacitus ever wrote'. It covers the years AD 23-28, beginning at the point where Tacitus noted a significant deterioration in the principate of the emperor Tiberius, and the increasingly malign influence of his 'evil genius' Sejanus. In this new edition the editors present an improved text of Annals IV, and explain in detail the difficulties and unusual features of Tacitus' Latin. In the introduction they express radical views on how the Romans wrote history. Although intended primarily as a textbook for sixth-forms and undergraduates, the edition contains much which will be of interest to scholars of Latin literature and to Roman historians.Tacitus is the author of 'Tacitus: Annals Book IV (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Bk. 4)', published 1990 under ISBN 9780521305044 and ISBN 0521305047.