Prof. Christopher Whitton

University of Cambridge

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BIOGRAPHY

Christopher Whitton is Professor of Latin Language at the University of Cambridge. He works on Latin literature of the early Roman Empire, especially Pliny the Younger and Tacitus, with particular interests in prose style, intertextuality and the intersection of literature and history. His main research projects at the moment are a 'green and yellow' commentary on Tacitus Annals 14 and a monograph provisionally entitled Tacitus Revoiced: Reading the Histories with Pliny the Younger.

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Tacitus: The Accession of Tiberius (Annals 1)

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Course • Classics & Ancient History • 6 lectures

Tacitus: The Accession of Tiberius (Annals 1)

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
6 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Tacitus: The Accession of Tiberius (Annals 1)

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 7 lectures

Tacitus: The Year of the Four Emperors (Histories 1)

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
7 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Tacitus: The Year of the Four Emperors (Histories 1)

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 6 lectures

Tacitus: Germanicus and Piso (Annals 2)

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
6 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Tacitus: Germanicus and Piso (Annals 2)

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 3 lectures

Pliny: Regulus

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
3 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Pliny: Regulus

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 6 lectures

Tacitus: The Death of Claudius (Annals 12)

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
6 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Tacitus: The Death of Claudius (Annals 12)

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 8 lectures

Tacitus: The Death of Agrippina (Annals 13-14)

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
8 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Tacitus: The Death of Agrippina (Annals 13-14)

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 10 lectures

Pliny: Letters

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
10 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Pliny: Letters

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 3 lectures

Oxford Latin Anthology – Inspiration for the Fight

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
3 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Oxford Latin Anthology – Inspiration for the Fight

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 3 lectures

Oxford Latin Anthology – Marital Conflict

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
3 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Oxford Latin Anthology – Marital Conflict

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge

Course • Classics & Ancient History • 3 lectures

Oxford Latin Anthology – Bravery and Strategy in Battle

Prof. Christopher Whitton, University of Cambridge
3 Lessons
Classics & Ancient History

Oxford Latin Anthology – Bravery and Strategy in Battle

Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge