The Histories

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Product ID:	9780140449648
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The Histories
Authors:	Author: Tacitus, Kenneth Wellesley
Page Count:	384
Subjects:	Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
Description:	Select Guide Rating In AD68 Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, though not of chaos. This book gives us an account based on excellent authorities. In AD68 Nero''s suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, though not of chaos. In the surviving books of his Histories the barrister-historian Tacitus, writing some thirty years after the events he describes, gives us a detailed account based on excellent authorities. In the ''long but single year'' of revolution four emperors emerge in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian - who established the Flavian dynasty. Rhiannon Ash stays true to the spirit of Wellesley''s prose whilst making the translation more accessible to modern readers.
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2009-06-25

Weight	286 g
Dimensions	197 × 131 × 23 mm