Tacitus
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Tacitus

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Tacitus

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The histories of Roman senator Cornelius Tacitus constitute the most influential examination of tyranny, political behavior and public morality from the classical age. For centuries these portraits of courageous martyrs to freedom, of paranoid tyrants, and of sycophantic flatteres and informers shaped modern political attitudes. Ronald Mellor provides a compelling analysis of the ideas of the greatest historian of evil in the western intellectual tradition. In Tacitus, Ronald Mellor passionately argues for reclaiming this ironic genius whose cynical world view is particularly well-suited to an analysis of the tyranny and brutality in our own century. Tacitus is presented as a moralist, psychologist, political analyst and literary artist. Tacitus' greatest impact has never been on historians. Rather, his political vision and dramatic images left their mark on painters, poets and thinkers.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
ISBN
9781136607165
Edition
1
Topic
Historia
Subtopic
Historia antigua

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Chronological Note
  8. CHAPTER I Introduction
  9. CHAPTER II The Historian and His Histories
  10. CHAPTER III The Historian’s Method
  11. CHAPTER IV The Historian as Moralist
  12. CHAPTER V The Historian as Psychologist
  13. CHAPTER VI The Historian as Political Analyst
  14. CHAPTER VII The Historian as Literary Artist
  15. CHAPTER VIII The Impact of Tacitus
  16. Epilogue
  17. Notes
  18. Editions and Translations
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Index of Passages Translated