Tacitus Annals I: A Selection

Katharine Radice teaches Classics at the Stephen Perse Foundation, UK, and is an experienced examiner. She is co-author of Ovid: Amores III (Bloomsbury, 2011) and Cicero: De Imperio (Bloomsbury, 2013).Roland Mayer is Professor of Classics at King's College London, UK.

• PrefaceIntroductionLatin TextCommentaryVocabulary

Because Tacitus has the reputation of being one of the most difficult Roman authors encountered by young students of Latin, texts like that of Radice and Mayer act as invaluable resources in the classroom. This well-organized handbook of 168 pages mitigates the intimidation of facing a challenging read like Annals I … This book can be useful in any intermediate Latin reading course … Overall, the authors have created a nice tool for introducing first-time readers of Tacitus to these important opening portions of the Annals, whether they are taking OCR exams or not. The book is thorough enough so as not to be overwhelming for a beginner, and sufficient to get a student through the text with a strong understanding, and possibly even an eagerness to read more Tacitus.