Writing and Empire in Tacitus (repost)
Writing and Empire in Tacitus
Cambridge University Press | 2008-10-27 | ISBN: 0521897475 | 376 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
Cambridge University Press | 2008-10-27 | ISBN: 0521897475 | 376 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
Writing and Empire in Tacitus examines how Tacitus' historiographical career serves as an argument about his personal autonomy and social value under the peculiar political conditions of the early Roman Empire. Following the arc of his career from Agricola through Histories to Annals, this book focuses on ways in which Tacitus' writing makes implicit claims about his relationship to Roman society and about the political consequentiality of historical writing.