Tacitus
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus, was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars.
Statue of Tacitus outside the Austrian Parliament Building
The title page of Justus Lipsius's 1598 edition of the complete works of Tacitus, bearing the stamps of the Bibliotheca Comunale in Empoli, Italy
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 understanding of the history of the Roman Empire during the 1st century AD. Tacitus' final work, modern historians generally consider it his magnum opus which historian Ronald Mellor says represents the "pinnacle of Roman historical writing".
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.