Tacitus' Annals

by Ronald Mellor

Tacitus' Annals is the central historical source for first-century C.E. Rome. It is prized by historians since it provides the best narrative material for the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, as well as a probing analysis of the imperial system of government. But the Annals should be seen as far more than an historical source, a mere mine for the reconstruction of the facts of Roman history. While the Annals is a superb work of history, it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195151933
• ISBN13: 9780195151930
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"