Ordering Anarchy: Armies and Leaders in Tacitus' Histories

by Rhiannon Ash

Tacitus made his debut as a historian with the powerful Histories, a fundamentally important book for students of the literature and history of Rome in the early imperial period. Long regarded chiefly as a source of historical information about the civil war of 68-69 C.E., it has recently benefited from critical reevaluation. Scholars in the last few years have determined that the form of a work is as important as its contents. Therefore, a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472111132
• ISBN13: 9780472111138
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"