A Companion to Tacitus

A Companion to Tacitus brings much needed clarity and accessibility to the notoriously difficult language and yet indispensable historical accounts of Tacitus. The companion provides both a broad introduction and showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author.

• Tacitus is one of the most important Roman historians of his time, as well as a great literary stylist, whose work is characterized by his philosophy of human nature
• Encourages interdisciplinary discussion intended to engage scholars beyond Classics including philosophy, cultural studies, political science, and literature
• Showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author
• Clarifies and explains the notoriously difficult language of Tacitus
• Written and designed to prepare a new generation of scholars to examine for themselves the richness of Tacitean thought
• Includes contributions from a broad range of established international scholars and rising stars in the field
  

Content:
Chapter 1 The Textual Transmission (pages 13–22): Charles E. Murgia
Chapter 2 The Agricola (pages 23–44): Dylan Sailor
Chapter 3 Germania (pages 45–61): James B. Rives
Chapter 4 Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus (pages 62–83): Steven H. Rutledge
Chapter 5 The Histories (pages 84–100): Jonathan Master
Chapter 6 The Annals1 (pages 101–122): Herbert W. Benario
Chapter 7 Tacitus' Sources1 (pages 123–140): David S. Potter
Chapter 8 Tacitus and Roman Historiography1 (pages 141–161): Arthur Pomeroy
Chapter 9 The Concentration of Power and Writing History (pages 162–186): Olivier Devillers
Chapter 10 Deliberative Oratory in the Annals and the Dialogus (pages 187–211): Christopher S. van den Berg
Chapter 11 Tacitus' Senatorial Embassies of 69 CE1 (pages 212–236): Kathryn Williams
Chapter 12 Deuotio, Disease, and Remedia in the Histories (pages 237–259): Rebecca Edwards
Chapter 13 Tacitus in the Twenty?First Century (pages 260–281): Barbara Levick
Chapter 14 Tacitus' History and Mine (pages 282–304): Holly Haynes
Chapter 15 Seneca in Tacitus1 (pages 305–329): James Ker
Chapter 16 Annum quiete et otio transiit (pages 331–344): Christopher B. Krebs
Chapter 17 “Let us Tread our Path together” (pages 345–368): Christopher Whitton
Chapter 18 Tacitus and Epic (pages 369–385): Timothy A. Joseph
Chapter 19 Silius Italicus and Tacitus on the Tragic Hero (pages 386–402): Eleni Manolaraki and Antony Augoustakis
Chapter 20 Historian and Satirist (pages 403–427): Catherine Keane
Chapter 21 Masculinity and Gender Performance in Tacitus (pages 429–457): Thomas Spath
Chapter 22 Women and Domesticity (pages 458–475): Kristina Milnor
Chapter 23 Postcolonial Approaches to Tacitus (pages 476–503): Nancy Shumate
Chapter 24 Tacitus and Political Thought (pages 504–528): Daniel Kapust