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The Annals of Imperial Rome (Classics) by Tacitus is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Annals of Imperial Rome (Classics) about?
In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the period from AD 14, just before the death of Augustus, to the death of Nero in AD 68. Not all the passages have survived, but in those that have the depth and diversity of genius are manifest. From a vicious, vituperative biography of Tiberius to the more straightforward accounts of Gaius (Caligula), Claudius and Nero, which reveal an extraordinary gift for pictorial description, the Annals carry conviction both as a work of art and as a history.Michael Grant's tranlation of The Annals is a fine one. It captures the emotional patriotism of Tacitus's moral tone, offset by a lucid understanding that Rome is doomed, and conveys with vigor the lives of the great emperors who laid the foundations of modern Europe.
Who reads The Annals of Imperial Rome (Classics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Tacitus
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 1973
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Ancient History, Humanities