The Annals

Tacitus' Annals set out to cover the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus and the accession of Tiberius to the later part of Nero's reign. Sadly, large parts of his text are lost including his description of the whole of Caligula's reign and the early part of that of Claudius, but what remains gives us our most detailed picture of Imperial rule. As Tacitus' final and most mature work, the Annals exhibit his strong grasp of power politics and his lucid insight into imperial...