From Augustus to Nero
From Augustus to Nero
This reader contains selections from Tacitus, Suetonius and Seneca on the first five Roman emperors. They present a dark world of murder, mayhem, debauchery and palace intrigue: Augustus with his firm moral policies and secret adulterous affairs; the sour and depraved Tiberius; the extravagance and madness of Caligula; the slobbering and ineffective Claudius; and Nero with his absurd artistic pretensions. Exciting, horrific and moving, the selections are also valuable for studying style and rhetoric, human nature and the roles of women, imperialism and corruption. The book is aimed at students moving on to genuine, unsimplified Latin prose after completing an introductory Latin course. It contains a useful introduction, detailed notes providing a lot of help with grammar, expression and translation, a full vocabulary, and an appreciation offering historical comment for context and analysis and literary criticism to make the passages come alive as literature and enhance students' perception and enjoyment.
- Offers genuinely exciting, horrific and moving Latin passages dealing with a central period of Roman history
- Provides detailed notes and a full vocabulary aimed at the student who has completed an introductory Latin course
- Brings the selections alive as literature through passages of historical comment and literary criticism
Reviews & endorsements
'… students and instructors who choose this book as a post-beginners text will find much to engage with. It is not easy to learn Latin as an adult and there is no way to make it easy, but the more interesting and helpful we can make it the better, and this volume certainly does that.' Classics Ireland
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9780521528047
226 pages
245 × 174 × 14 mm
0.458kg
32 b/w illus. 1 map
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Augustus
- 2. Tiberius
- 3. Caligula (Gaius)
- 4. Claudius
- 5. Nero
- Vocabulary.
