CLAS 430 Lecture Notes - Snapple, Arson, Poppaea Sabina
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Classics 210: greek & roman classics in english. Tacitus writes to discuss real facts and the history about the emperors (i. e. such as augustus) 12/5 who had previously censored all writing in rome. States that he is writing without either bitterness or partiality, from any motives to which i am far removed seems unlikely after reading his work. He seems bias and presents negative opinions of the emperors. Livy got to write about exciting events: glorious wars of conquest, punic wars, hannibal, etc. Tacitus writes about emperors and their indiscretions (what history has been reduced to) Wants romans to look ahead where they have been and where they are going to go. Both historians believed that history could be understood by people who made it. Shown as cruel and wicked (i. e. put many people to death on trumped up charges) Transition from claudius to nero, murder of britannicus.
