The Annals & The Histories [electronic resource]
Tacitus2007
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Cornelius Tacitus brilliantly chronicles the moral decline and rampant civil
unrest in the Roman Empire in a period when the earliest foundations of modern
Europe were being laid. The Annals commence in a.d. 14, at the death of
Augustus, recounting the reigns of Tiberius, Gaius (Caligula), Claudius, and
Nero, and conclude in a.d. 68, the year of Nero's suicide. The Histories
document the tumultuous year a.d. 69, when Emperors Galba, Otho, and Vitellius
all perished in quick succession, ushering in Vespasian's ten-year reign.
According to historian Will Durant, "[We must] rank Tacitus among the greatest.
. . . The portraits he draws stand out more clearly, stride the stage more
livingly than any others in historical literature." This Modern Library
Paperback Classic includes newly commissioned endnotes.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Main title:
Author:
Tacitus, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Modern Library, 2007
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (640 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780307431936
Language:
English
BRN:
435853
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