| Record Number |
725675 |
| ISBN |
9780140440607 (paperback) |
| 0140440607 (paperback) |
| Author |
Tacitus, Cornelius author. |
| Title |
The annals of imperial Rome / Tacitus ; translated with an introduction by Michael Grant. |
| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Penguin Books, 1996. |
| ©1996 |
| Pagination etc. |
455 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
| Contents note |
"Reprinted with revised bibliography 1996."--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-438) and index. |
| Contents note |
Translator's introduction: Life and works of Tacitus -- What Tacitus inherited -- Tacitus on Empire and Emperors -- Tacitus and the world -- Style of Tacitus: Translator's note -- Imperial Rome: From Augustus to Tiberius -- Mutiny of the frontiers -- War with the Germans -- First Treason trials -- Death of Germanicus -- Tiberius an the senate -- "Partner of my Labours" -- Reign of terror -- Claudius and Nero: Fall of Messalina -- Mother of Nero -- Fall of Agrippina -- Nero and his helpers -- Eastern settlement -- Burning of Rome -- Plot -- Innocent victims. |
| Summary Note |
An English translation of Tacitus's "The Annals of Imperial Rome" which chronicles the history of Rome from A.D. 14 through the death of Nero in A.D. 68. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Latin. |
| Subject |
Rome -- History -- Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D. |
| Added Author |
Grant, Michael, 1914-2004 translator,
author of introduction, etc. |
| Shelf Location |
HSC 937.07 TACI |
