The Annals of Imperial Rome - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Annals of Imperial Rome write by Tacitus. This book was released on 1973-07-26. The Annals of Imperial Rome available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies and murders that were part of imperial life. Despite his claim that the Annals were written objectively, Tacitus' account is sharply critical of the emperors' excesses and fearful for the future of Imperial Rome, while also filled with a longing for its past glories.
The Annals; The Histories
The Annals; The Histories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Annals; The Histories write by P. Cornelius Tacitus. This book was released on 1977. The Annals; The Histories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Annals and Histories
Annals and Histories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Annals and Histories write by Tacitus. This book was released on 2009-10-06. Annals and Histories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The complete historical works of the greatest chronicler of the Roman Empire in a wholly revised and updated translation. A brilliant narrator and a master stylist, Tacitus served as administrator and senator, a career that gave him an intimate view of the empire at its highest levels, and of the dramatic, violent, and often bloody events of the first century. In the Annals, he writes about Augustus Caesar’s death and observes the inner workings of the courts of the emperors Tiberius and Nero. In the Histories, he describes an empire in tumult, four emperors reigning in one year, each overthrown by the next. The Agricola, a biography of Tacitus’s father-in-law, Julius Agricola—the most celebrated governor of Roman Britain—is the first detailed account of the island that would eventually rule over a quarter of the earth. And in the Germania, the famed warrior-barbarians of ancient Germany come richly to life.
The Complete Works of Tacitus
The Complete Works of Tacitus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Complete Works of Tacitus write by Cornelius Tacitus. This book was released on 2013-01-01. The Complete Works of Tacitus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ancient Roman senator and historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus is known throughout Western history as one of the greatest historical writers of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He lived during the first century AD and was the son of a wealthy aristocratic family. Not much is known about his personal life; however, it is clear that both Tacitus and Pliny the Elder were acquaintances and even possibly childhood friends, though there is no substantial evidence to support this. Tacitus studied rhetoric in order to create a career in law and politics. He steadily rose throughout the ranks due to his strong speaking style and oration skills. However, his language skills did not stop with verbal speeches. He was also an accomplished writer who focused on the history of the Roman Empire. He created five works, "The Annals," "The Histories," "The Agricola," "The Germania," and "A Dialogue on Oratory." His works delve deep into the facts as he knew them, rarely ever embellishing history to create a story. He also stayed true to chronological order and laid history out in visible steps. It is also notable that Tacitus knew that his fellow politicians were corrupt; he believed that they gave up their strong voice in order to please a usually corrupt emperor. These five great works are brought together in this collection of "The Complete Works of Tacitus."
The Annals & The Histories
The Annals & The Histories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Annals & The Histories write by Tacitus. This book was released on 2003-04-08. The Annals & The Histories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
