The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)

By William Jackson Brodribb, Cornelius Tacitus, Tacitus

Book Overview

In The Histories Cornelius Tacitus, widely regarded as the greatest of all Roman historians, describes with cynical power the murderous year of the Four Emperors'--AD 69--when in just a few months the whole of the Roman Empire was torn apart by civil war. W.H. Fyfe's classic translation has been substantially revised and supplied with extensive historical and literary notes. The Introduction examines the subtleties of Tacitus's writing and gives the necessary political and social background.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192839586
• ISBN13: 9780192839589
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.9" x 0.7" x 7.5"