Tacitus And Bracciolini The Annals Forged In The 15th Century
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781419150265
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; General; Fiction; Fiction - General
First sentence: I. The Annals and the History of Tacitus are like two houses in ruins: dismantled of their original proportions they perpetuate the splendour of Roman historiography, as the crumbling remnants of the Coliseum preserve from oblivion the magnificence of Roman architecture.