Stylistic Features 1-13

Question 1

Time:
After Death of:
He was:

Answer 1

AD60
Prasutagus
Client king

Question 2

Divitiis diu

Answer 2

Key word placed alliteratively with diu. Wealth appears to be root of the icenis problem

Question 3

Caeserem

Answer 3

The emperor (at this time Nero)

Question 4

Tali obsequio

Answer 4

King willing to bow to Romans to preserve tribes way of life. Nero = well known cruel emperor .

Tacitus’ choice of vocabulary influences readers opinion, portrays Roman rule unsympathetically

Question 5

Procul iniuria

Answer 5

Perhaps Hint of Tacitus’ view of story

Question 6

It turned out just the opposite….

Answer 6

NOW AD61

Question 7

Regnum a centurionibus, domus a servis velut capta vastarentur

Answer 7

Two parallel phrases, neatly balanced.
Authority of centurions juxtaposed with ignominosity of slaves (not employees) - how humiliating treatment of his home was

REPITITION of regnum and domus. Ironic the two things he wanted to protect. Tacitus’ moral judgement?

Usually sensible military policy, undermined by greed and insensibility of civil administration?

Question 8

Vastarentur

Answer 8

Emotive - Tacitus’ disgust

Question 9

Velut capta

Answer 9

Implies his home was like a war trophy.

Tacitus implying a game?

Question 10

Boudica verberata et filiae strupro violatae sunt

Answer 10

Typical tacitean brevity. Personal - name. Shocks reader

Blunt, mechanical brutality of treatment.

BREVITAS - gives pace and urgency to narrative and to emphasise moral statement

Question 11

Romani

Answer 11

First mention of perpetrators - coming from the top now not only middle ranks of army (centurions)

Question 12

Propinqui regis inter servos habebantur

Answer 12

Proximity and effective contrast of regis and servos. Kings relations = noble. Yet treated as if lowest of low.

Question 13

Contumelia

Answer 13

Emotive language expressing disgust

Question 14

Metu graviorum

Answer 14

Tacitean brevity

Question 15

Exuuntur + rapiunt

Answer 15

Use of historic present among past verbs makes actions seem worse

Question 16

In formam provinciae cesserant

Answer 16

ie. lost client kingdom status and now would have to follow roman customs such as tax paying. This treatment incensed the Trinobantes

Question 17

Permoti…commoti

Answer 17

Repition of compound verb re movement emphasises British tribesmen were very disturbed

Question 18

Trinobantes

Answer 18

Tribe more resistant to roman interference. Had represented centre of resistance under invasion from Claudius

Question 19

Servitio…libertatem

Answer 19

Opposites - strong contrast

Chiasmus