The complete online text of The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; by Tacitus.

Tacitus (c. 56/57-ca. 125) was a Roman orator and historian. In a life that spanned the reigns of the Flavian emperors and of Trajan and Hadrian, he played a part in the public life of Rome and became its greatest historian. Tacitus was born into a wealt...

Cornelius Tacitus was perhaps the greatest historian that the Roman world produced. Though his Annales (Annals, after A.D. 116) and Historiae (Histories, ca. A.D. 100-110) are among the most remarkable works of Latin prose, their extraordinary influence...

Cornelius Tacitus was perhaps the greatest historian that the Roman world produced. Though his Annales (Annals, after A.D. 116) and Historiae (Histories, ca. A.D. 100-110) are among the most remarkable works of Latin prose, their extraordinary influence...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Annals: Outline Tacitus' Annals (his most famous work) in outline, book by book: Book I (A.D. 14 - 15): 1. Rapid review of Augustus' reign. 2. Reign of Tiberius (the suppression by Germanicus of the mutinous legions in Pannonia and Germany)....

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Roman History: Tacitus Life (c. A.D. 55 - c. A.D. 117) Publius (?) Cornelius Tacitus (Tass ih tuss) came of good family, saw military service as a tribune, and held one of the offices of the vigintivirate (minor magistrate) under Vespasian,...

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In the following essay, O'Gorman contends that the very structure of Tacitus's sentences in the Annals conveys meaning and that he deliberately uses complex and ironic passages to force readers to engage in reflection.

In the following excerpt, originally delivered as a lecture, Woodman explores Tacitus's motives for defying expectations—particularly the rules of traditional historiography—while writing the Annals.