An edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. The commentary is designed to elucidate problems of language and reference in the text and to put the reader in the picture as regards late first-century AD society and literature.
The first commentary in English on the Agricola for almost half a century. Particular attention is paid to the understanding of Tacitus' Latin, but a whole range of generic, historical,... Læs mere
Published in Oxford in 1904, Pitman's edition of the four last books of Tacitus' Annals, covers the reign of Nero. The text is derived from Furneaux's edition of 1894, with a revised commentary.
Tacitus' Histories covers the sequence of civil wars that erupted in AD 68–9 across the Roman Empire after the Emperor Nero committed suicide. This edition includes an... Læs mere
The first in a four-volume edition of Tacitus Annals 1-6. The Annals are Tacitus' brilliant account of Roman imperial history from the death of Augustus to... Læs mere
The second volume includes a major commentary which deals fully with textual, linguistic, literary, and historical matters. Every question is... Læs mere