Tacitus' Historical Works: A Survey and Appraisal
by Michael M. Sage, Cincinnati, Ohio
Contents
|
| Introduction |
853 |
I. The 'Agricola': From Biography to History |
853 |
1. The Date |
854 |
2. Genre |
855 |
3. Anticipations of the Historical Works |
857 |
II. The 'Histories' |
859 |
1. Date of Composition |
859 |
A. The Evidence of Pliny's Letters |
859 |
B. Relation to the 'Germania' |
861 |
C. The 'Histories' and the 'Panegyricus' |
861 |
D. Other Evidence |
862 |
2. Title |
863 |
3. The Plan of the 'Histories' |
864 |
4. The Overall Structure of the Work |
866 |
5. The Starting Point |
871 |
6. The Preface |
874 |
A. 4.4-11 and Ethnographic Literature |
881 |
7. The Narrative Strategy |
882 |
A. The First Three Books |
882 |
B. Book 4 to 5.26 |
888 |
C. Digressions as a Structural Device |
890 |
D. Structure and Historical Interpretation |
891 |
8. The Sources |
893 |
A. Tacitus, Plutarch and the Common Source |
893 |
B. Pliny the Elder and the Common Source |
894 |
C. Other Literary Sources |
897 |
D. Documentary Sources |
898 |
9. The Portrayal of Character |
900 |
A. The Use of the Obituary |
902 |
B. Juxtaposition of Personalities |
906 |
C. Indirect Portrayal |
907 |
D. An Example of Tacitus' Technique: The Flavians |
908 |
E. The Depiction of Groups. The Roman Populace and the Military |
913 |
F. Ethnographic Portrayal: The Jews and the Germans |
917 |
10. Speeches in the 'Histories' |
920 |
11. The Most Unmilitary of Historians |
926 |
A. Chronology |
927 |
B. Geography and Topography |
929 |
C. Strategy and Tactics |
930 |
12. Politics in the 'Histories' |
935 |
A. The Emperors |
935 |
B. The Emperor and the Senate |
938 |
13. The Causes and Effects of the Civil War |
942 |
A. Religion and Causation |
944 |
B. Fatum and Fortuna |
946 |
14. Tacitus' Achievement in the 'Histories' |
948 |
III. The 'Annals' |
949 |
1. Tacitus' Change of Plan |
949 |
2. Title |
953 |
3. Date of Composition |
954 |
A. Internal Evidence |
955 |
B. Contemporary Allusions |
960 |
C. External Evidence |
962 |
4. The Overall Structure of the 'Annals' |
963 |
5. The Preface of and Introduction to the 'Annals' |
970 |
6. The Starting Point of the Annals' |
973 |
7. Tacitus and the Annalistic Framework |
974 |
8. Compositional Unities |
975 |
A. The Tiberian Books |
976 |
B. The Claudian and Neronian Books |
984 |
C. Summary |
996 |
9. The Sources |
997 |
A. General |
997 |
B. The Source Relationship of the 'Annals' to Suetonius and Dio |
998 |
C. The Tiberian Books: Aufidius Bassus |
1004 |
D. The Tiberian Books: Servilius Nonianus |
1005 |
E. Aufidius and Servilius |
1006 |
F. Other Sources |
1007 |
G. Documentary Sources |
1008 |
H. The Claudian Books |
1010 |
I. The Neronian Books |
1013 |
J. Fabius Rusticus |
1014 |
K. The Use of Historical Sources in the Neronian Books |
1015 |
L. Exitus Literature and Other Literary Sources |
1016 |
10. Tacitus' Historical Technique in the 'Annals' |
1017 |
11. Style |
1024 |
A. Stylistic Development |
1028 |
| Conclusion |
1029 |
| Indices |
1629 |
I. Ancient Sources |
1629 |
II. Modern Authors and Editors |
1643 |
