Annals
Sign in to saveAlso known as Annals (Tacitus), The Annals, Annals of Tacitus, The Annals of Tacitus, Tacitus' Annals, Tac. Ann.
history of the Roman Empire by the Roman historian and senator Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Book · Open Library
- Author
- Zonaras, Joannes
- First published
- 1841
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- World history -- Early works to 1800., Byzantine Empire -- History.
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Key facts
- Author
- Tacitus
- Original title
- Ab Excessu divi Augusti Historiarum Libri
- Language
- Latin
- Genre
- History
- Publication date
- c. AD 105–116
- Publication place
- Roman Empire
- Media type
- Manuscript
- Library of congress classification span
- DG207.T3 G68
- Original text
- Ab Excessu divi Augusti Historiarum Libri at Latin Wikisource
- Translation
- Annals at Wikisource
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Tacitus, Annales XI-XVI, editio princeps, ca. 1471-72, incipit.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Annales
- start of covered period
- 0014-00-00
- end of covered period
- 0068-00-00
- entry in abbreviations table
- Tac. Ann.
- Commons category
- Annales (Tacitus)
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The Annals (Latin: Annales) 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 is generally considered by modern historians his magnum opus which historian Ronald Mellor says represents the "pinnacle of Roman historical writing".
Tacitus' Histories and Annals together amounted to 30 books, although some scholars disagree about which work to assign some books to; traditionally 14 are assigned to Histories and 16 to Annals. Of the 30 books referred to by Jerome about half have survived.