Description
Book SynopsisThis is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of
Histories Book I sections 4 (
finis Neronis ...) to 7, 1214, 1723 and 26, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of
Histories Book I sections 2736, 3944 and 49, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed text to be read in English for A Level.
Histories I starts in AD 69, during the civil war after the death of Nero. Tacitus describes the unstable conditions in the Roman Empire, as different generals are elevated by their soldiers to the position of emperor. In the prescribed selection, rebellion and violence break out in the city of Rome, as the Praetorian Guard of the emperor Galba transfer their support to a controversial younger man, Otho. Tacitus vividly portrays the elderly Galba's attempts to maintain order and discipline as power slips from his grasp, while Otho inspires the
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