{"product_id":"tacitus-annals-xii-simon-allcock-9781350156388","title":"Tacitus, Annals XII: A Selection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Tacitus \u003ci\u003eAnnals\u003c\/i\u003e XII, 25-26, 41-43, 52-53, 56-59, 64-69, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is AD 48 and the emperor Claudius marries his 4th wife Agrippina. Little does he know that over the next six years she will build her power and destroy her opponents, until she is ready for her greatest crime - the murder of Claudius himself to enable the accession of her son Nero. Tacitus creates a gripping account of the struggle for power under a weak princeps, involving family rivals, scheming freedmen and servile senators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSupporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https: \/\/www.bloomsbury.pub\/OCR-editions-2024-2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Allcock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350156388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350156388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d","brand":"Simon Allcock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077679182079,"sku":"9781350156388","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3a9d8e2-a058-45bb-8996-7e90063a66d7.jpg?v=1685471239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tacitus-annals-xii-simon-allcock-9781350156388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}