Description
Tacitus's Annals of Imperial Rome recount, with depth and insight, the history of the Roman Empire during the first century A.D.
They cover the major events from shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68.
With clarity and vivid intensity, Tacitus describes the reign of terror under Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during Nero's reign, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies, and murders that were part of imperial life.
Despite his claim that the Annals were written objectively, Tacitus's account is sharply critical of the emperors' excesses and fearful for the future of Imperial Rome, while also filled with a longing for its past glories.
Regarded by many as a masterpiece of classical scholarship.