Tacitus Annals XVI

<p>Book XVI of Tacitus' <i>Annals</i> is the last of the surviving books of the great Roman historian's monumental account of the reigns of the emperors from Tiberius to Nero. The unfinished book offers a stunning portrait of Nero in his last years a man now free of the restraining influences of his mother Agrippina and tutor Seneca. <i>Annals</i> XVI presents such unforgettable scenes as the spectacle of Petronius' suicide and the mad quest of Nero to find the gold of the Carthaginian queen Dido. <p/>This edition provides a commentary to the entire book with notes carefully aimed at first-time readers of Tacitus as well as more advanced students. An introduction provides a guide to what we know of Tacitus' life and work as well as to the reign of Nero and Tacitus' depiction of an empire in transition of a Rome teetering on the verge of chaos and collapse. A full vocabulary at the end of the volume is a vital resource for students preparing this text for class work or assessment.</p>