Annals (Tacitus - Oxford ed.)

Author: Cornelius Tacitus

Translator: J. C. Yardley

ISBN: 9780192824219

Binding: paperback

Section: History-General

Subtitle: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero

Here is a lively new translation of Cornelius Tacitus' timeless history of three of Rome's most memorable emperors. Tacitus, who condemns the depravity of these rulers, which he saw as proof of the corrupting force of absolute power, writes caustically of the brutal Tiberius, the weak Claudius, and "the artist" Nero. In particular, his gripping account of the bloody reigns of Tiberius and Nero brims with plots, murder, poisoning, suicide, uprisings, death, and destruction. The Annals also provides a vivid account of the violent suppression of the revolt led by Boudicca in Britain, the great fire of Rome under Nero, and the subsequent bloody persecution of the Christians.