Histories: Complete Edition (The Five Books)

by Tacitus

Overview

Book written by Tacitus in AD 100-110 about the Roman Empire and its problems and wars in the years AD 69-70. The author writes about a period of the Roman history "rich in disasters, frightful in its wars, torn by civil strife."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788562022531
Publisher:	Iap - Information Age Pub. Inc.
Publication date:	02/21/2009
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.34(d)
Age Range:	18 - 17 Years

About the Author

Tacitus (c. 55-120), known in Rome for his impressive oratory, maintained a political career as a senator under Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian.

Kenneth Wellesley (d. 1995) was a renowned scholar and translator of ancient Roman texts.

Rhiannon Ash is a fellow and tutor in classics at Merton College, Oxford. She has published extensively on the history of ancient Rome.