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In AD 68, Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, with four emperors--Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian--emerging in succession. Based on authoritative sources, The Histories vividly recounts... Read Full Overview

In AD 68, Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, with four emperors--Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian--emerging in succession. Based on authoritative sources, The Histories vividly recounts the... Read Full Overview

In The Histories Cornelius Tacitus, widely regarded as the greatest of all Roman historians, describes with cynical power the murderous year of the Four Emperors'--AD 69--when in just a few months the whole of the Roman Empire was torn apart by civil war. W.H. Fyfe's classic... Read Full Overview

The Histories, first published circa 110 AD, provides one of the most comprehensive records of Roman history from the time of the first civil war of the Empire ("The Year of the Four Emperors") until the rise of Vespasian in the year 70 AD. This edition is NOT a "mass market... Read Full Overview

► New bilingual parallel texts edition ► Dual language easy reader with facing paragraph translations to better learn Latin ► With detailed maps and tables for modern equivalent of Ancient Roman place names
This ebook is based on c. 100-110 work by Publius... Read Full Overview

Tacitus was a Roman senator and historian. Tactitus' major works were The Annals and The Histories which covered the Roman Empire from 14 AD - 70 AD.

Caius Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman orator and public official, is considered one of the greatest historians as well as one of the greatest prose stylists of the Latin language. In The Histories, he describes and interprets the period in which he lived, beginning with... Read Full Overview

Tacitus is one of the most famous Roman historians. Tacitus is best known for The Annals and The Histories , covering the history of Ancient Rome in very minute detail, but he also wrote Germania , a fascinating description of the Germanic people as seen from the Roman point... Read Full Overview

The History of Tacitus is a classic work of Roman history, first published in 1890. Written by the renowned historian Cornelius Tacitus, the book covers the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to the death of Nero. With its vivid descriptions of historical... Read Full Overview

The Histories, first published circa 110 AD, provides one of the most comprehensive records of Roman history from the time of the first civil war of the Empire ("The Year of the Four Emperors") until the rise of Vespasian in the year 70 AD. This edition is NOT a "mass market... Read Full Overview

The History of Tacitus is a classic work of Roman history, first published in 1890. Written by the renowned historian Cornelius Tacitus, the book covers the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to the death of Nero. With its vivid descriptions of historical... Read Full Overview

Herodot (geb. um 484 v. Chr., gest. um 425) wird mit Recht der Vater der Geschichtsschreibung genannt. Er verfasste eine Urgeschichte der alten Kulturen: des Vorderen Orients, gyptens und Griechenlands. Die welthistorische Auseinandersetzung zwischen Persern und Griechen, die... Read Full Overview

The Roman historian Tacitus was a successful politician who eventually became Governor of the province of Asia. He is thought to have died around AD 120 and benefitted from the patronage of the Flavian Emperors. The Histories, of which only just over four out of 14 books survive,... Read Full Overview

Tacitus' 'Historiae' latin text according to the text of Orelli (Rivingtons, 1875)

In The Histories Cornelius Tacitus, widely regarded as the greatest of all Roman historians, describes with cynical power the murderous year of the Four Emperors'--AD 69--when in just a few months the whole of the Roman Empire was torn apart by civil war. W.H. Fyfe's classic... Read Full Overview