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Description edit
Tacitus' "Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Drusus: Add a description of this character.
- Gaius Caesar
- Claudius
- Nero
- Lucius Piso
- D. Cass
- Caesar
- Romanis
- Nero Drusus
- Tiberius
- Sejanus
- Piso
- Lucius Stertinius
- Messalina
- Claudio
- Romanos
- Silius
- Burrus
- Octavia
- Felix
- Latiaris
- Pollio
- Livia
- Romana
- Seneca
- Vitellius
- Gaius
- Thrasea
- Claudii
- Corbulo
- Pliny
- Romanus
- Tiberio
- Haase
- Tiridates
- Vibius Marsus
- Antonius
- Antony
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
- Ostorius
- Julius Caesar
- Antonia
- Tigellinus
- Rhodes
- Agrippina
- Tacfarinas
- Cotys
- Sabinus
- Cassius
- Poppaea
- Livia Julia
- Diana
- Pompeius
- Mithridates
- Romulus
- Pallas
- Tigranes
- Vonones
- Artabanus
- Silanus
- Otho
- Maecenas
- Domitius
- Germanicus
- Dolabella
- Lucius Apronius
- Chatti
- Julian
- Marcellus
- Maroboduus
- Sextus Pompeius
- Pharasmanes
- Lucius Arruntius
- Vologeses
- Blaesus
- Clemens
- Marcus Agrippa
- Gotarzes
- Lucan
Setting & Locations edit
- Rome
- Italy
- Armenia
- Syria
- Augusta
- Asia
- Caligula
- Germany
- Tiberium
- Seiano
- Heaven
- Tiridates
- Upper Germany
- Italia
- Africa
- Gaul
- Artabano
- Campania
- Caecina
- Egypt
- Achaia
- Caratacus
- Greece
- Antony
- Macedonia
- Nipperdey
- Romae
- Cilicia
- Pannonia
- Spain
- Cappadocia
- Plautus
- Jupiter
- Plancina
- Parthia
- Ubii
- Lower Germany
- Smyrna
- Paris
- Thrace
- Republic
- Antium
- Britain
- Athens
- Ostia
- Moesia
- Rhine
- Capreae
- Segestes
- Caractacus
- Pompeii
- Etruria
- Vesta
- Acerronia
- Seleucia
- Ravenna
- Mesopotamia
- Baiae
- Ceres
- Caius
- Urgulania
- Sicily
- North Sea
- Vardanes
- Crete
- Bithynia
- Sardinia
- Artaxata
- Nero Caesar
- Judaea
- Tigranocerta
- Misenum
First Sentence edit
When Rome was first a city, its rulers were kings.
Table of Contents edit
Translator's Introduction
1. The Life and Works of Tacitus
2. What Tacitus Inherited
3. Tacitus on Empire and Emperors
4. Tacitus and the World
5. The Style of Tacitus: Translator's Note
Imperial Rome
Part One: Tiberius
1. From Augustus to Tiberius (Bk, I. 1-15)
2. Mutiny on the Frontiers (I. 16-49)
3. War with the Germans (I. 49- II. 26)
4. The First Treason Trials (II. 27-52)
5. The Death of Germanicus (II. 53-III. 19)
6. Tiberius and the Senate (III. 19-76)
7. 'Partner of My Labours' (IV, V)
8. The Reign of Terror (VI)
Part Two: Claudius and Nero
9. The Fall of Messalina (XI)
10. The Mother of Nero (XII)
11. The Fall of Agrppina (XIII, I-XIV. 13)
12. Nero and his Helpers (SIV. 14-65)
13. Eastern Settlement (XV. 1-32)
14. The Burning of Rome (XV. 32-47)
15. The Plot (XV. 48-74)
16. Innocent Victims (XVI)
List of Roman Emperors
Lists of Some Eastern Monarchs
Key to the Technical Terms
Key to Place-Names
Genealogical Tables
Further Reading
Index of Personal Names
Series & Lists edit
This is book 20 of 96 in Wikipedia's 100 most influential books ever written. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, and followed by The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume.
This is book 46 of 74 in Robert B. Downs - Books that Changed the World. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, and followed by Aphorisms.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cornelius Tacitus (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Michael Grant (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0521315433
Page Count: 292
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0521315433
Page Count: 292
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 937.07
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Ancient › Rome
- Books › Nonfiction › Foreign Language Nonfiction › Latin
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › History › World
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