Date of Award
1963
Document Type
Senior Scholars Paper (Colby Access Only)
Department
Colby College. Classics Dept.
Advisor(s)
(unknown)
Abstract
I hope in this discussion of the first six books of Tacitus' Annales to make clear the ambivalence in the author's attitude toward the Principate of Tiberius and toward Tiberius himself and to show how this ambivalence in thought is reinforced by the Tacitean style. How are we to evaluate the Annales of Tacitus from an historical point of view? Was Tacitus a reliable historian? These questions have been the concern of Scholars for as long as Tacitus has been read. Although his historical reliability is not the primary concern of this study, we can hardly analyze one aspect of his writings without a brief consideration of the lasting value of his Annales.
Keywords
Tiberius, Tacitus, attitude
Recommended Citation
Proctor, Sally Ann, "The Ambivalence in Tacitus' Attitude Toward Tiberius: Odi Et Amo" (1963). Senior Scholar Papers. Paper 484.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/seniorscholars/484
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