Classics & Ancient History
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Ed Bispham (University of Oxford) explores Book 4 of Tacitus’ Annals. As we move through the course, we think about the position of Book 4 in the Annals as a whole, the structure of the book...
7 lectures
0:57:31
Dr Ed Bispham
University of Oxford
Classics & Ancient History

In this course we explore Book 1 of Tacitus’ Annals, in which Tacitus describes the death of Augustus, the accession of Tiberius and the mutinies of the army in Pannonia and Germania. We consider not just what happened in those...
6 lectures
1:00:30
Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Ed Bispham (University of Oxford) explores Book 15 of Tacitus' Annals. We begin by considering Tacitus as a historian. How does he construct his history, and how much can we trust him? We then give a...
7 lectures
0:56:31
Dr Ed Bispham
University of Oxford
Classics & Ancient History

In this course Professor Christopher Whitton (University of Cambridge) explores Books 13-14 of Tacitus’ Annals, focusing in particular on Nero’s murder of his mother, Agrippina. In the first lecture we introduce Tacitus and the Annals in general,...
8 lectures
1:30:16
Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge
Classics & Ancient History

In this course Dr Ed Bispham (University of Oxford) explores Books 12-14 of Tacitus’ Annals, focusing in particular on the figures of Nero and Agrippina the Younger. In the first lecture we think about the hexadic structure of Tacitus’ Annals as a...
6 lectures
0:50:33
Dr Ed Bispham
University of Oxford
Classics & Ancient History

In this course Professor Chris Whitton (University of Cambridge) explores Book 12 of Tacitus’ Annals. In the first lecture, we provide an introduction to Tacitus’ Annals itself, as a work of history and literature. The following three modules each...
6 lectures
1:17:28
Prof. Christopher Whitton
University of Cambridge