Tacitus (c. 55 c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire. What survives of Histories covers the dramatic years 69 70. What survives of Annals tells an often terrible tale of 14 28, 31 37, and, partially, 47 66.[...]

The fourth book of Tacitus' Annals has been described as "the best that Tacitus ever wrote." It covers the years AD 23-28, starting when Tacitus noted a significant deterioration in the principate of the emperor Tiberius, and the increasingly malign influence of his "evil genius" Sejanus. R.H. Marti[...]

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts.[...]

The Annals is a gripping account of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero and the brutality that marked their reigns. Tacitus deplores their depravity, proof of the corrupting force of absolute power. J.C. Yardley's vivid and accurate translation is complemented by a thorough introduction [...]

Kuuluisan muinaisen historiankirjoittajan vangitseva kansanhistoriallinen teos Germanian kansasta Rooman valtakunnan kulta-ajoilta K.J. Hidénin suomennoksena vuodelta 1904.[...]