The Annals & The Histories

Tacitus, Shelby Foote, Moses Hadas , Alfred Church

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Random House
01 July 2003

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Series: Modern Library Classics

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.

By: Tacitus
Introduction by: Shelby Foote
Edited by: Moses Hadas
Translated by: Alfred Church, William Brodribb
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 497g
ISBN: 9780812966992
ISBN 10: 0812966996
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 01 July 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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An immortal work, every sentence of which is pregnant with the deepest observations and the most lively images. --Edward Gibbon An immortal work, every sentence of which is pregnant with the deepest observations and the most lively images. Edward Gibbon