The Histories (Summarized Edition) (eBook)

Enriched edition. Flavian Dynasty ascendant in first-century Rome: political intrigue, power struggles, military campaigns, and a society in crisis

Tacitus (Autor)

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2026
141 Seiten
Quickie Classics (Verlag)
859-654788260-2 (EAN)

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The Histories chronicles the upheavals of 69–70 CE, the Year of the Four Emperors, as Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian vie for the principate. In four surviving books and a fragment of a fifth, Tacitus traces provincial armies' leverage, the Batavian revolt under Civilis, and the early Judaean campaign, framed by a sharp ethnography of the Jews. Rapid annalistic narration alternates with speeches, portents, and caustic portraits; the compressed, ironic Silver Latin recalls Sallust while surpassing him in tragic intensity. Publius Cornelius Tacitus, a senator hardened by Domitian's reign and consul under Nerva, writes with an insider's access and a survivor's moral urgency. Marriage into Agricola's family, administrative service, and rigorous rhetorical training furnished sources and method. Composed in the early second century, after Agricola and Germania and before the Annals, the work inaugurates his sustained critique of autocracy and civil war. Essential for students of Roman history, political thought, and civil–military relations, The Histories rewards both specialists and general readers. Its unsparing analysis of legitimacy, propaganda, and chance illuminates any age in crisis; in an authoritative translation, it is an indispensable companion to understanding how empires fracture and refashion themselves.

Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2026
• Einführung: Wesley Montague
• Mitarbeit: Kommentare: Wesley Montague; Anpassung von: Harper Hughes
• Übersetzer: William Jackson Brodribb, Alfred John Church
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Schlagworte: ancient roman history • Crisis in Rome • first-century Rome • Flavian Dynasty rise • historical character study • Military campaign chronicle • political intrigue narrative • power dynamics exploration • Social upheaval account • Tacitean moral analysis