The annals of imperial Rome
The annals of imperial RomeTacitus

The annals of imperial Rome (1956)

Tacitus

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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 Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies and murders that were part of imperial life. Despite his claim that the Annals were written objectively, Tacitus' account is sharply critical of the emperors' excesses and fearful for the future of Imperial Rome, while also filled with a longing for its past glories.

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9781420926682
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451 pages

Genres: nonfiction

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I've actually read this and it just sort of Tales from when tastes was alive and before not after a course as he couldn't travel in time about what it was like in Imperial Rome the characters so a lot of what we know that Roman emperors comes from this Sun by another guy called suetonius some of it is disputed but this is a true classic it's from The Classical period

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I'm not gonna lie I didn't read this whole thing I did read a lot of it though yeah I just I just love this kind of stuff like it's so fascinating to me it's so great

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