2008
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511482366
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Writing and Empire in Tacitus

Abstract: Writing and Empire in Tacitus examines how Tacitus' historiographical career serves as an argument about his personal autonomy and social value under the peculiar political conditions of the early Roman empire. Following the arc of his career from Agricola through Histories to Annals, this book focuses on ways in which Tacitus' writing makes implicit claims about his relationship to Roman society and about the political consequentiality of historical writing. In a sense, this book suggests, his literary career… Show more

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“…This should not be viewed as a failure in methodology. 45 While Sailor has suggested that Tacitus by his writing constitutes himself as a virtual princeps, 46 I would suggest that the depiction of Paetus' campaign most clearly shows him as a senatorial historian. Relations between the emperor and his provincial commanders are tangential to events in Ann.…”
Section: A Senatorial Historianmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This should not be viewed as a failure in methodology. 45 While Sailor has suggested that Tacitus by his writing constitutes himself as a virtual princeps, 46 I would suggest that the depiction of Paetus' campaign most clearly shows him as a senatorial historian. Relations between the emperor and his provincial commanders are tangential to events in Ann.…”
Section: A Senatorial Historianmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…24 Essa mesma perspectiva é compartilhada por Sailor 2008e Syme 1957e 1967 Como sabemos, foi após a morte do imperador Nero que a guerra civil se instaura novamente. Esse fato é fortemente marcado pela famosa sentença, proferida por Tácito, de que "o segredo do império havia sido descoberto, e que um imperador poderia ser feito fora de Roma" (Tac., Hist.…”
Section: Tácito E Suas Históriasunclassified
“…45), o autor lamentará, em tom compungido, a perda de alguns dos seus protagonistas mais emblemáticos, 1 Bellardi (1974); Pimentel (2004) 67, 76, 80;Pimentel (2006) 121, 132;Sailor (2008) 17; Sailor (2012) 36. nomeadamente o filho de Helvídio Prisco, condenado à morte por alusões jocosas ao divórcio do imperador, numa peça da sua lavra; Júnio Máurico, exilado e irmão de Aruleno Rústico, que fora executado por ter escrito um panegírico de Trásea Peto; enfim, Herénio Senecião, outro biógrafo polémico que se recusara a ir além da questura como forma de protesto político 2 . A intenção de Tácito é demonstrar que, embora em moldes diferentes, a gesta de Agrícola é tão válida e meritória como a destes consagrados ídolos da oposição, e eventualmente aplacar os seus epígonos, a quem a acomodação política de um senador como Agrícola, ou como o próprio Tácito 3 , poderia parecer calculismo e cobardia 4 .…”
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