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A HISTORICAL COMMENTARY ON TACITUS' HISTORIES I AND II (1 & 2)
by Chilver, Guy Edward Farquhar (G. E. F. )
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Oxford Clarendon Press. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0198148305 . Dustjacket is protected in mylar. DJ has some edgewear with two small close tears and rubbing along edges. DJ is discolored to spine and back panel and portion of front panel. ; Commentary by Prof. Chilver on the first two books of Cornelius Tacitus' first major historical work known as the Histories. In these books I & II, Tacitus describes the fall of the first emperor, Galba, and an account of the war in which the second emperor, Otho, was defeated by Vitellius and committed suicide, and of the challenge of the final victor, Vespasian, presented to Vitellius in the latter part of year A. D. 69. Includes emphasis on the major historical themes, analysis of textural and syntactical problems when their solution is vital to establishing Tacitus' meaning. 280 pgs. Illustrated with two maps: the Roman Empire in A. D. 69, and Eastern Gaul, the Alps, and Northern Italy.; 280 pages .
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- Title
- A HISTORICAL COMMENTARY ON TACITUS' HISTORIES I AND II (1 & 2)
- Author
- Chilver, Guy Edward Farquhar (G. E. F. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0198148305
- ISBN 13
- 9780198148302
- Publisher
- Oxford Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0198148305, Latin Literature, Roman History, Roman Empire, Tacitus, Political Science, Commentaries
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- Political Science;
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