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[23] 1 Memmio Regulo et Verginio Ru
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[33] 1 C. Laecanio M. Licinio consu
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[35] 1 Eius munus frequentanti Nero
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[36] 1 Nec multo post omissa in pra
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[37] 1 Ipse quo fidem adquireret ni
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[38] 1 Sequitur clades, forte an do
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[39] 1 Eo in tempore Nero Antii age
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[40] 1 Sexto demum die apud imas Es
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[41] 1 Domuum et insularum et templ
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[42] 1 Ceterum Nero usus est patria
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[43] 1 Ceterum urbis quae domui sup
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[44] 1 Et haec quidem humanis consi
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[45] 1 Interea conferendis pecuniis
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4. Commentary DOI: 10.11647/OBP.003
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( Chapters 1-18 of Annals 15 cover
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exim Claudius Timarchus Cretensis r
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Put differently, Augustus arranged
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Yet despite the intricate syntax, t
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a delegate would then convey to Rom
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character’s two nicknames reflect
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leading men of the equestrian rank.
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Rather, he has designed his tricolo
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peccare posterius. The introductory
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Already Cato the Elder, then, posit
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of constantia, might also be regard
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singulorum: in the past, entire peo
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seems to refer to a general ‘asse
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(which come with the force of punch
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A suffragium is a vote cast in an a
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the passive both here and in the fo
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delegation). The sentence has an ai
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of our birth, i.e. by the stars; (i
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Miro tamen certamine procerum decer
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aths at 14.47: he only speaks of th
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et motu terrae celebre Campaniae op
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dato et Poppaeae eodem cognomento.
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‘Imperial history’ has its natu
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misfired: once brought into the pre
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sounded (gob-smackingly?) incongruo
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The priesthood of the Arval Brother
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ludicrum circense ut Iuliae genti a
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ursusque exortae [sc. sunt] adulati
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These figures help to explain the h
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verbs. Within the relative clause i
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() 33.1-34.1 Chapter 33 cec
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granting all the other citizens a f
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inde initiThe alliteration stresses
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In the midst of this unseemly rabbl
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opposite. In addition the pleonasti
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34.2 ergo per compositos cantus gra
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Vatinius offers the occasion for a
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Vatinius’ sense of humour was as
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Tree). The murder harks back to the
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turned into an implicit threat to N
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could have vetoed the capital punis
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Like nec multo post, this word (‘
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This technique of ‘alternative mo
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he had never before been in the hab
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ergo ut in privatis necessitudinibu
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than the more neutral meaning of th
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The arrangements made were as follo
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quas a Tigellino paratas [sc. esse]
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animalia maris are well balanced ph
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himself by a warm plunge, or, if it
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The antecedent of quo is nihil; quo
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The name is Greek, conjuring ideas
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‘oderam te’, inquit. ‘nec qui
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For future reference, more specific
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save them from the outside, while p
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[For none of you, fellow citizens,
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this thematic choice intertwines wi
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to undergo the painful process of l
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auctores prodidere), sed omnibus qu
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eginning (coeptus), to immediately
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disaster. In fact, much of the Rome
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into the streets, whereas sternere
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(‘On the occasion of a stubborn f
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This is a significant step: emperor
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ut continuae violentiae [sc. ignium
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... Aemilianis is an ablative of or
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once more evokes the image of the c
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also in the context of a fire (cite
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temple stood in the Forum. Tacitus
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Tacitus places the accusative objec
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include it as a potentially amusing
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unaque iam tota stabat in urbe domu
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quam arva et stagna et in modum sol
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gignendis aquis is a gerundive in t
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cites a two-line poem (a ‘distich
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[He divided the area of the city in
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These types of rock were of volcani
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finish to the chapter helps to conv
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struck by divine inspiration) of th
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from his own perceived culpability.
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it, ‘there is no question that th
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of true religion (superstitio). See
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proceedings against the sect. 194 T
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are already notorious: Tacitus has
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money-raising affected every part o
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45.2 enimvero per Asiam atque Achai
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ficta and quasi return us to a favo
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5. Bibliography
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Ash, R. (2006), Tacitus, Bristol.
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—. (2009), ‘Tacitus as historia
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Oakley, S. P. (2009a), ‘Res olim
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6. Visual aids
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Domus Aurea. A photograph of part o
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