Tacitus' Annals by Elizabeth Lewis https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5 en-us 2018-11-26 10:31:14 UTC 2018-12-09 18:20:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5 elewis28 https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307694237 2018-11-26 10:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307694237 'Tacitus' view of human nature is entirely pessimistic'. Do you think Tacitus gives a negative portrayal of all the characters in Annals 1? elewis28 https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307694370 2018-11-26 10:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307694370 - Augustus elewis28 https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307694729 - Livia 
- Tiberius
- Germanicus
- Drusus
- The soldiers at Pannonia (inc Percennius)
- The soldiers in Germany (Upper/Lower)]]> 2018-11-26 10:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307694729 Livia opillinger https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307723479 -Wicked stepmother, shown as conniving
-very misogynistic towards Livia, as he did not approve of women in power
-people misteriously dying = Lucius and Gaius, Augustus
-favouritism = Tiberius 
- “but Livia was the real catastrophe, to the nation”


]]> 2018-11-26 12:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307723479 Drusus hcollingwood https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307723584 He is described as speaking with “natural dignity”. 

He is presented as resilient “intimidation and menaces, he said, made no impression on him”. 


]]> 2018-11-26 12:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307723584 Tiberius opillinger https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307723738 -death of Agrippa 
-not good with the senate
-influenced by Livia]]> 2018-11-26 12:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307723738 Augustus opillinger https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307724202 -death of Maximus
-influenced by Livia
-banishment of Agrippa Postumus
-scheming = Augustus collecting heirs
-invests in the future of the state 
-lusting for power]]> 2018-11-26 12:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307724202 Tiberius opillinger https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307724458 -double meanings with his actions and his words
-death of Agrippa Postumus
-paranoid - treason trials]]> 2018-11-26 12:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307724458 Soldiers https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307726457 Savagery 
Soldiers - killed the company commander and looted all the luggage of the fleeing senior officers ‘truculent roar’ 60 lashes to the company commanders ‘broken, mutilated’
Company commander - ‘another please’ stick breaker
Piety - declining light of moon taken as an omen ‘howled that heaven was sickened by their crimes’
Empathy - reaction to wife and child leaving ‘little boots’
Lying - vibulenus nevr had a brother
Good oratory skills - whips them into a frenzy, raised on a dias 
Selfish interest - taking advantage of political unrest trying to secure shorter serving times ‘show white hair + scars’]]> 2018-11-26 12:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elewis28/m84hvb58akh5/wish/307726457