In the Histories and Annals Tacitus produced a historical corpus that for all its battered condition ranks very high in the record of Greco-Roman historiography. The image of ancient turpitude later encapsulated in the phrase “decline and fall” was first sketched in the Histories and An accomplished orator and public official who rose to a consulship in AD 97, Tacitus brought to the page both rhetorical mastery—his are the most artfully composed of all extant Roman histories—and an informed knowledge of political tactics and intrigue.

Of the remaining 83 transitions less than 30 lack an obvious, formal connection. He gives us a detailed history of Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian - father of the Flavian Dynasty.

Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb. Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb : Table of Contents Book V His best-known works are Historiesand Annals, which cover the history of the empire from the time of the Julio-Claudians to the reign of Domitian (r. 81-96 CE).

Tacitus - Tacitus - The Histories and the Annals: The Historiae began at January 1, 69, with Galba in power and proceeded to the death of Domitian, in 96. The Histories (Tacitus)/Book 2. The Histories, an account of the tumultuous year of 69 AD, is a historical tour de force by the Roman senator Cornelius Tacitus.

Although part of the original work which was written in 105-108 AD has been lost, that which remains is still one of the better works of an ancient historian. LibriVox recording of Publius Cornelius Tacitus' Histories, read by LibriVox volunteers. Tacitus was one of Rome ‘s historians and senators; he is located on the Bible Timeline Chart with History starting around 275 AD. Download: A text-only version is available for download.

Christus died by the death penalty during Emperor Tiberius’ reign (AD 14-37). The Project Gutenberg EBook of Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II by Caius Cornelius Tacitus This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.

The Histories - Penguin Classics - is a valuable book to teach about the time period, and Tacitus, but it is not the same book as the hardbound version of Tacitus by, Kenneth Wellesley.

About The Annals & The Histories Cornelius Tacitus brilliantly chronicles the moral decline and rampant civil unrest in the Roman Empire in a period when the earliest foundations of …

In 77 he married the daughter of Agricola, conqueror of Britain, of whom he later wrote a biography. One of the earliest and most informative references to Jesus in a non-Christian source appears in the Annals of Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman historian writing about AD 115-117. The narrative as it now exists, with its magnificent introduction, is a powerfully sustained piece of writing that, for all the emphasis and colour of its prose, is perfectly appropriate for describing the closely knit set of events during the civil war of 69. The Histories By Tacitus Written 109 A.C.E. There are a lot of names in this book that are unknown to most - though nonetheless fascinating.

Tacitus's reputation as a historian rests primarily on the two major works of his maturity.