The Histories
by Tacitus
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket as Issued
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books, 1964. M4 - Book is lightly wrinkled, soiled, discoloration mostly on the top and bottom page edges and cover, and shelf wear. In the surviving books of The Histories, the great Roman historian, Tacitus, writing some thirty year after the events, reconstructs the anarchy of A. D. 69, 'that long but single year,' during which the Emperors Galba, Otho, and Vitellius briefly held power and the Emperor Vespasian established a new dynasty.. Trade Paperback. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
In AD 68, Nero?s suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, with four emperors?Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian? emerging in succession. Based on authoritative sources, The Histories vividly recounts the details of the ?long but single year? of revolution that brought the Roman empire to the brink of collapse.
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- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EC2264BB
- Title
- The Histories
- Author
- Tacitus
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- ROMAN LITERATURE HISTORY
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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