Cornelius Tacitus
Author
Series
P. Cornelii Taciti libri qui supersunt volume tom. 2, fasc. 2
Publisher
BSB B.G. Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft
Pub. Date
1970
Language
Latin
Author
Series
P. Cornelii Taciti libri qui supersunt volume tom. 2, fasc. 2
Publisher
In aedibus B.G. Teubneri
Pub. Date
1983
Language
Latin
Author
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 15
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Description
The Annals was Tacitus' final work and provides a key source for modern understanding of the history of the Roman Empire from the beginning of the reign of Tiberius in AD 14 to the end of the reign of Nero, in AD 68. Tacitus wrote the Annals in at least 16 books, but books 7-10 and parts of books 5, 6, 11 and 16 are missing. The period covered by the Histories (written before the Annals) starts at the beginning of the year AD 69, i.e. six months after...