Nero's Murder Plot

📕 Tacitus Annals 14.3 ⏱️ 60 min 📊 A-Level

🎯 Learning Intention

Understand how Tacitus presents Nero's escalating desperation and moral deterioration through his plotting of Agrippina's murder.

Success Criteria

  • I can explain the progression of Nero's murder methods (poison → sword → elaborate ship plot)
  • I can analyse how each rejected method reveals characterisation (Nero's paranoia, Agrippina's cunning)
  • I can evaluate Tacitus' narrative techniques in building tension and moral judgement
  • I can identify the role of Anicetus as the enabler of Nero's crime

Getting Started

Begin by reviewing the learning objectives, then move to the Read section to explore the Latin text