Tacite

The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola--the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law--and the first detailed account of Britain that has come down to us. It offers fascinating descriptions of the geography, climate and peoples of...

"Annals and Histories" represents the complete historical works of Tacitus--one of the greatest chroniclers of the Roman Empire--whose writings are presented in a wholly revised and updated translation.Author: TaciteISBN-10: 0307267504ISBN-13: 9780307267504Publisher: Everyman's LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2009Pages: 888Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.04lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.16w x 1.86d

Cornelius Tacitus brilliantly chronicles the moral decline and rampant civil unrest in the Roman Empire in a period when the earliest foundations of modern Europe were being laid. The Annals commence in a.d. 14, at the death of Augustus, recounting the reigns of Tiberius,...

His last work, regarded by many as the greatest work of contemporary scholarship, Tacitus' The Annals of Imperial Rome recount with depth and insight the history of the Roman Empire during the first century A.D. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction...