A Textual Problem at Tacitus Annals 2.88.1.
The article presents a textual criticism of the Roman historian Tacitus and his book "Annals." The author focuses on the Latin phrase "acta senatus" and argues that the justification for the common interpretation of the phrase is not historically sound. The author suggests that the manuscripts upon...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 651 - 662 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2007
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| Sumario: | The article presents a textual criticism of the Roman historian Tacitus and his book "Annals." The author focuses on the Latin phrase "acta senatus" and argues that the justification for the common interpretation of the phrase is not historically sound. The author suggests that the manuscripts upon which these interpretations are based is not in line with what is known to have been authentically written by Tacitus. |
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