Tacitus' View of Emperors and the Principate
by D. C. A. Shotter, Lancaster
Contents
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I. The Nature of the Problem |
3263 |
II. Principate and Liberty - Tacitus' Understanding |
3267 |
1. Tacitus' Experience |
3267 |
2. From Politics to History |
3271 |
3. Principate and Liberty |
3274 |
III. Methods of Presentation - Some Problems |
3285 |
1. The Starting-dates of the 'Annales' and the 'Historiae' |
3285 |
2. The Annalistic Schema |
3287 |
3. Style as Expression |
3289 |
4. The Use of Rumour |
3292 |
5. Inference of Motive |
3294 |
IV. Principate and Liberty - The Princeps |
3295 |
1. Galba |
3296 |
2. Otho |
3299 |
3. Claudius |
3301 |
4. Tiberius |
3305 |
V. Principate and Liberty - The Ideal of Service and Fidelity |
3314 |
1. Sua cuique utilitas |
3315 |
2. The Ideal of Service and Fidelity |
3321 |
VI. Conclusion |
3326 |
| Postscriptum |
3327 |
| Select Bibliography |
3328 |
