Livia's shadow: a subtext in Tacitus, Annals 1.10.5?
At Annals 1.10.5, Tacitus offers a stylish trio of features that he claims were cited by Augustus’ detractors on the princeps’ death: his early abduction of Nero’s wife (Livia); the luxurious existences enjoyed by regime hangers-on; and the negative influence of Livia herself. The double mention of...
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Svenska Klassikerförbundet
2017
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