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- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)/03%3A_CommentaryBut the Provinces have been divided in different ways at different times, though at the present time they are as Augustus Caesar arranged them; for when his native land committed to him the foremost p...But the Provinces have been divided in different ways at different times, though at the present time they are as Augustus Caesar arranged them; for when his native land committed to him the foremost place of authority and he became established for life as lord of war and peace, he divided the whole empire into two parts, and assigned one portion to himself and the other to the Roman people; to himself, all parts that had need of a military guard (that is, the part that was barbarian and in the …
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)/01%3A_IntroductionOn the one hand, they remained rulers of the world: emperor and senators governed the empire together (with the emperor having exclusive control over the army), in close interaction with local élites....On the one hand, they remained rulers of the world: emperor and senators governed the empire together (with the emperor having exclusive control over the army), in close interaction with local élites. (The interaction of centre and periphery is one of the main topics of the first few chapters of the set text.) On the other hand, they were subordinate to the princeps and had to accommodate his existence – not least because the emperor put a cap on senatorial rivalry, preventing the senate from d…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)/02%3A_Latin_text_with_study_questions_and_vocabulary_aidStylistic Appreciation: How in this chapter does Tacitus offer us a disturbing snapshot of the behaviour of the princeps and the senators in the reign of Nero? Stylistic Appreciation: How does Tacitus...Stylistic Appreciation: How in this chapter does Tacitus offer us a disturbing snapshot of the behaviour of the princeps and the senators in the reign of Nero? Stylistic Appreciation: How does Tacitus create in this chapter a powerfully damning account of the hypocrisy and corruption of both ruler and ruled in the time of Nero?
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)/06%3A_Footnotes32Griffin (2009) 182: ‘The structure of the Annals as a whole combines an annalistic principle, which applies to the smaller organisation within each book, and a regnal principle, which groups the boo...32Griffin (2009) 182: ‘The structure of the Annals as a whole combines an annalistic principle, which applies to the smaller organisation within each book, and a regnal principle, which groups the books according to the reigns of emperors and which ensures that the reigns of Tiberius and Claudius (and doubtless of Caligula) each close with the end of a book.’ As Griffin goes on to show, the relative dominance of the two principles throughout the narrative varies from emperor to emperor – one of…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)/00%3A_Front_Matter/05%3A_Preface_and_acknowledgementsAs we see it, our task is to: (i) facilitate the reading or translation of the assigned passage; (ii) explicate its style and subject matter; (iii) encourage appreciation of the extract on the syllabu...As we see it, our task is to: (i) facilitate the reading or translation of the assigned passage; (ii) explicate its style and subject matter; (iii) encourage appreciation of the extract on the syllabus as part of wider wholes – such as a work (in our case the Annals), an oeuvre (here that of Tacitus), historical settings (Neronian and Trajanic Rome), or a configuration of power (the principate); and (iv) stimulate comparative thinking about the world we encounter in the assigned piece of Latin …
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)/03%3A_Commentary/3.01%3A_Untitled_Page_01If you expand everything which was implicit in the one word, there will come into view flames racing through houses and temples, the crash of falling roofs, the single sound made up of many cries, the...If you expand everything which was implicit in the one word, there will come into view flames racing through houses and temples, the crash of falling roofs, the single sound made up of many cries, the blind flight of some, others clinging to their dear ones in a last embrace, shrieks of children and women, the old men whom an unkind fate has allowed to live to see this day; then will come the pillage of property, secular and sacred, the frenzied activity of plunderers carrying off their booty a…
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)The emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome’s most infamous villains, and Tacitus’ Annals have played a central role in shaping the mainstream historiographical unde...The emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome’s most infamous villains, and Tacitus’ Annals have played a central role in shaping the mainstream historiographical understanding of this flamboyant autocrat.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)/04%3A_BibliographyEdmundson, J. (2006), ‘Cities and Urban Life in the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire, 30BC–250AD’, in D. B. (1991), ‘Cruel Nero: The Concept of the Tyrant and the Image of Nero in Western Politic...Edmundson, J. (2006), ‘Cities and Urban Life in the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire, 30BC–250AD’, in D. B. (1991), ‘Cruel Nero: The Concept of the Tyrant and the Image of Nero in Western Political Thought’, History of Political Thought 12, 421–55. Lichtenberger, H. (1996), ‘Jews and Christians in Rome in the Time of Nero: Josephus and Paul in Rome’, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt 26.3, 2142–76.
- https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Literature_and_Literacy/Classics/Tacitus_Annals_(Owen_and_Gildenhard)/05%3A_Visual_aidsVisual aids 6.1 Map of Italy by Mathew Owen. 6.2 Map of Rome. By Mathew Owen, design based on ‘Map of Ancient Rome’ by Richardprints @ Wikimedia.com. 6.3 Family Tree of Nero and Junius Silanus, by Mat...Visual aids 6.1 Map of Italy by Mathew Owen. 6.2 Map of Rome. By Mathew Owen, design based on ‘Map of Ancient Rome’ by Richardprints @ Wikimedia.com. 6.3 Family Tree of Nero and Junius Silanus, by Mathew Owen. 6.4 Inside the Domus Aurea. A photograph of part of the interior of Nero’s Domus Aurea, now open to the public. The recently-excavated chambers and lavish frescos make it one of Rome’s great tourist magnets. Photo by Kristin Burns, 2007 (CC BY-3.0 license).
