The histories
an English translation with introd. frontispiece, notes, maps and index by George Gilbert Ramsay.
by P. Cornelius Tacitus
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Edward Gibbon called The Histories an 'immortal work, every sentence of which is pregnant with the deepest observations and the most lively images.' Its author, Cornelius Tacitus, widely acknowledged 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.
The ultimate triumph of Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian was only the prelude to further conflicts and disasters, with revolts among the Germans and Jews challenging the very foundations of Roman authority.
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History, Early works to 1800, History, ancient, World history, early works to 1800, Rome, history, military, 18.46 ancient Latin literature, Romeinse oudheid, Ancient History, Sources, Rome, history, empire, 30 b.c.-476 a.d., Rome, history, Romeinse rijk, Rome, civilizationPeople
Aulus Vitellius Emperor of Rome (15-69), Servius Sulpicius Galba Emperor of Rome (3 B.C.-69 A.D)Places
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The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)
January 16, 2001, Oxford University Press, USA
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Historiarum libri qui supersunt: Erklärt von Eduard Wolff
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Historiarum libri: recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit C.D. Fisher.
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