Annals (Tacitus)
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The Annals by Roman historian and senator Tacitus is a history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius to that of Nero, the years AD 14–68. The Annals are an important source for modern underst
First page of books XI–XVI of Tacitus' Annals (Venice: Vindelinus de Spira, ca. 1471/72)
The Fire of Rome, July 64, during the reign of Nero, by Karl von Piloty, 1861.
Corvey Abbey in Germany, where Annals 1–6 were discovered.
Tacitus on Jesus
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Roman historian and politician Tacitus referred to Jesus, his execution by Pontius Pilate, and the existence of early Christians in Rome in his final work, Annals, book 15, chapter 44. The context of
Annals (Tacitus)
…Tacitean studies Tacitus on Jesus Virius Nicomachus Flavianus, who wrote a lost historical work entitled Annals, probably a continuation of Tacitus' work…
Nero's Torches, by Henryk Siemiradzki (1876)
Part of the page from the 11th century codex containing Annales, xv. 44.3–8, the passage with the reference to Christians (Florence, Laurentian Library, Plut. 68.2, f. 38r)
The Pilate Stone, now at the Israel Museum