The Annals & The Histories · AND The Histories (Modern Library Classics)

The Annals & The Histories · AND The Histories (Modern Library Classics)
Authors
Tacitus
Publisher
Modern Library
Tags
history , classics , philosophy
ISBN
9780307431936
Date
1852-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.88 MB
Lang
en
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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.