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CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES EDITORS J. DIGGLE E. W. HANDLEY H. D. JOCELYN M. D. REEVE D.N. SEDLEY R. J. TARRANT 32 THE ANNALS OF TACITUS BOOK 3 THE ANNALS OF TACITUS BOOK 3 EDITED WITH A COMMENTARY by A. 1 WOODMAN Professor of Latin, University of Durham and R. H. MARTIN Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Leeds £5 CAMBRIDGE "89 UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge cB2 1RP 40 West 20th Street, New York, ny 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1996 First published 1996 Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Tacitus, Cornelius. [Annales. Liber 3] The annals of Tacitus. Book 3 / edited with a commentary by A. J. Woodman and R. H. Martin. p. cm.- (Cambridge classical texts and commentaries; 32) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Text in Latin; commentary in English. ISBN Ο 521 55217 6 (hardback) τι. Rome — History — Tiberius, 14-37. 2. Germanicus Caesar, 15 BC—19 AD. 1. Woodman, A. J. (Anthony John). ir. Martin, Ronald H. mr. Title. tv. Series. PA6705.A6B3 1996 937 —dc20 95-12815 cIP ISBN 0 521 55217 6 hardback AO TO THE MEMORY OF FRANK GOODYEAR CONTENTS Preface page ix References and abbreviations xi INTRODUCTION I TEXT 21 COMMENTARY 65 INDEXES 1 General 499 2 Latin words 505 3 Names 599 4 Passages discussed 513 vil PREFACE F. R. D. Goodyear had intended to produce an edition of, and commentary on, the extant books of the Tiberian Annals, but by the time of his death in 1987 he had pro- gressed no further than his two volumes on Books 1-2 (1972, 1981) and he left no notes or material towards the remainder. As friends of his, who for many years shared with him his interest in Tacitus, we are glad to have had the opportunity of producing a volume on Annals 3. The present work is a continuation of Goodyear’s com- mentary in the sense that we have endeavoured not to re- peat, and have cross-referred freely to, his discussions of various issues. Otherwise we have followed the same gen- eral approach as in our previous collaboration on Annals 4 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics, 1989), except that the scale of the present volume is necessarily greater and its scope inevitably different. In particular we have con- tinued the practice, which readers and reviewers evidently welcomed, of identifying those places where we disagree with each other; but, since the interpretative problems of Book 3 are considerably more acute and more frequent than those of Book 4, such places are perforce more nu- merous than before. We are jointly indebted to various friends and col- leagues. Professor W. Eck furnished us with his text and discussion of the Senatus Consultum de Pisone Patre before publication, allowed us to quote from the inscription, and corresponded with us about some of the issues raised: we are extremely grateful to him for his great generosity. The late Professor G. B. A. Fletcher provided us with notes on the early chapters of Book 3, and we received from Pro- fessor P. Herrmann advance notice of a relevant inscrip- tion. Dr M. T. Griffin, Dr B. M. Levick and Professor T. J. Luce were consulted for their views on the relationship 1X PREFACE between Tacitus’ narrative and the Piso inscription, while Miss J. M. Reynolds and Mrs C. M. Roueché very kindly agreed to comment on drafts of our notes concerning asy- lum in Asia: the relevant section of commentary has bene- fited greatly from their expertise. Mr R. J. Seager nobly agreed to read the whole of the commentary in draft: much has been improved by his tireless perspicacity, for which we are very grateful indeed. Professor W. S. Watt engaged in a stimulating correspondence on various textual matters, and the late Mr K. Wellesley supplied us with 1n- formation on nineteenth-century emendations which other- wise would have escaped us. In addition AJW, besides receiving help from those mentioned at specific points in the commentary, gratefully acknowledges various forms of assistance from Professor J. N. Adams, Professor D. C. Feeney, Dr D. S. Levene, Professor J. S. Richardson, Mr G. Rowe, Professor B. D. Shaw, Professor J. J. Wilkes, Professor J. E. Wills and Professor T. P. Wiseman. He is also much indebted to Dr C. S. Kraus, whose inspirational presence in Durham in 1992-93 was made possible by a Leverhulme Visiting Fellowship, and to Professor J. G. F. Powell, who was pestered constantly to make telephonic pronouncements on Latin word order and the like. Significant sections of the book were written during two periods of research leave granted by the University of Durham, and special thanks are due to the Leverhulme Trust for a Research Fellow- ship in 1993-94: without this award the book could not have been revised or its final draft written. March 1995 A. J. W. R. H. M.
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