The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero

Author/Contributor(s):	Tacitus, Cornelius
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	08/10/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Here is a lively new translation of Cornelius Tacitus' timeless history of three of Rome's most memorable emperors. Tacitus, who condemns the depravity of these rulers, which he saw as proof of the corrupting force of absolute power, writes caustically of the brutal and lecherous Tiberius, the weak and cuckolded Claudius, and "the artist" Nero. In particular, his gripping account of the bloody reigns of Tiberius and Nero brims with plots, murder, poisoning, suicide, uprisings, death, and destruction. The Annals also provides a vivid account of the violent suppression of the revolt led by Boudicca in Britain and the bloody persecution of the Christians.