id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt td96k072f5b Ryan Scott Walker Addita Fati Peioris Manifesta Fides: Poetic Prodigies in Tacitus' Neronian Annals 1904 .txt text/plain 175 6 39 In the process, this study also aims to show that Tacitus alludes to a number of poets, including Vergil and especially Lucan, to make his portent passages poetic. Through an examination of Tacitus' narrative in the Neronian Annals, particularly those passages describing portents, the current study aims to demonstrate that Tacitus' depiction of Neronian omens are meant to paint a picture of Nero's reign as a harbinger of civil war. cache/td96k072f5b.txt txt/td96k072f5b.txt