Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56 -117 A.D.) was a Roman senator and also one of Romes greatest historians. Tacitus best known works are The Annals and Histories which examined the rule of the emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and others. Tacitus writing is well known for its insights into the psychology of the politics of his day.

Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars.The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories - examine the reigns of the emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD).Tacitus' other writings discuss oratory, Germania and the life of his father-in-law, Agricola, the general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Tacitus' works are a chief sour...

Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56 -117 A.D.) was a Roman senator and also one of Romes greatest historians. Tacitus best known works are The Annals and Histories which examined the rule of the emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and others. Tacitus writing is well known for its insights into the psychology of the politics of his day.

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...

Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56 -117 A.D.) was a Roman senator and also one of Romes greatest historians. Tacitus best known works are The Annals and Histories which examined the rule of the emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and others. Tacitus writing is well known for its insights into the psychology of the politics of his day.

I am entering on the history of a period rich in disasters, frightful in its wars, torn by civil strife, and even in peace full of horrors.In the Histories, Tacitus brings to life the events of one of the most tumultuous periods of the Roman empire. After the suicide of the Emperor Nero in AD69, Rome entered into a period of extreme civil unrest. Four emperors, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian, successively ruled the empire as each one rose i...

Publius Cornelius Tacitus (AD56 - AD117) was a Roman orator, lawyer and senator. He is considered one of antiquities greatest historians. The surviving portions of his major works - "The Histories" and "The Annals" - examine the reigns of the Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the "Year of the Four Emperors". These two works cover the span of history from the death of Augustus in AD14 to the death of Domitian in 96AD - although much of the later material is lost to ...

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56 -117 A.D.) was a Roman senator and also one of Romes greatest historians. Tacitus best known works are The Annals and Histories which examined the rule of the emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and others. Tacitus writing is well known for its insights into the psychology of the politics of his day.

The Annals was Tacitus' final work and provides a key source for modern understanding of the history of the Roman Empire from the beginning of the reign of Tiberius in AD 14 to the end of the reign of Nero, in AD 68. Tacitus wrote the Annals in at least 16 books, but books 7–10 and parts of books 5, 6, 11 and 16 are missing.WIKI

The Annals tells the story of the Roman empire under the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which ruled Rome from 27 BC to AD 68. It begins with the death of the first emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), and then covers in detail the reigns of his successors, Tiberius (AD 14-37), Caligula (AD 37-41), Claudius (AD 41-54), and Nero (AD 54-68).Tacitus was a Roman senator, who wrote the Annals in the early second century AD, during the reigns of Trajan (AD 98-117) and Hadrian (AD 117-138).

According to Wikipedia: "Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (AD 56 AD 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. These two works span the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus in AD 14 to (presumably) the death of emperor Domitian in AD 96. There are enormous lacun...