Tacitus, Annals, 15.20–23, 33–45

Tacitus, Annals, 15.20-23, 33-45. Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, and Commentary

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Contents

1. Preface and acknowledgements

2. Introduction

2.1 Tacitus: life and career

2.2 Tacitus’ times: the political system of the principate

2.3 Tacitus’ oeuvre: opera minora and maiora

2.4 Tacitus’ style (as an instrument of thought)

2.5 Tacitus’ Nero-narrative: Rocky-Horror-Picture Show and Broadway on the Tiber

2.6 Thrasea Paetus and the so-called ‘Stoic opposition’

3. Latin text with study questions and vocabulary aid

Section 1: Annals 15.20–23

(I) 20.1–22.1: The Meeting of the Senate

(II) 22.2: Review of striking prodigies that occurred in AD 62

(III) 23.1–4: Start of Tacitus’ account of AD 63: the birth and death of Nero’s daughter by Sabina Poppaea, Claudia Augusta

Section 2: Annals 15.33–45 (AD 64)

(I) 33.1–34.1: Nero’s coming-out party as stage performer

(II) 34.2–35.3: A look at the kind of creatures that populate Nero’s court – and the killing of an alleged rival

(III) 36: Nero considers, but then reconsiders, going on tour to Egypt

(IV) 37: To show his love for Rome, Nero celebrates a huge public orgy that segues into a mock-wedding with his freedman Pythagoras

(V) 38–41: The fire of Rome

(VI) 42–43: Reconstructing the Capital: Nero’s New Palace

(VII) 44: Appeasing the Gods, and Christians as Scapegoats

(VIII) 45: Raising of Funds for Buildings

5. Bibliography

6.1 Map of Italy

6.2 Map of Rome

6.3 Family Tree of Nero and Junius Silanus

6.4 Inside the Domus Aurea