Before You Buy - Tacitus Books
P. Cornelius Tacitus (A.D. 56 - c. 120) may have been the greatest Roman historian. He held the positions of senator, consul, and governor of Asia. His "Annales" show scorn for the early emperors (Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero). He sheds light on the German tribes in his "Germania". His "Historiae" looks at the Empire from A.D. 69-96. He also wrote "Agricola" and a dialogue.Agricola and Germany
To look at the tribes of Britain and Germany during the Roman Empire, historians look at Tacitus' biography of his father-in-law, the general Agrippa, in "Agricola," and his ethnographic "Germany" (Germania).
Annals
Tacitus' history of Imperial Rome is divided into two parts. The detailed section covering the period of the Julio-Claudian emperors, from the death of Augustus (A.D. 14) to the death of Nero (A.D. 68) is called the "Annals" or Annales because it progresses year by consular year. Tacitus had access to first hand accounts and valuable records of the times that we no longer possess.
History
Tacitus covered the tumultuous period from the death of Nero (A.D. 68) through the death of Domitian (A.D. 96) in his "Histories" or Historiae. Only the books covering the years 69-70 are extant.
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