Annals, From the Death of the Divine Augustus

By Cornelius Tacitus

Book Id: WPLBN0002097018
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Title:	Annals, From the Death of the Divine Augustus
Author:	Cornelius Tacitus
Volume:
Language:	German, Old High (ca.750-1050)
Subject:	Non Fiction, Philosophy, Classics
Collections:	Authors Community, Philosophy
Historic Publication Date:	1871
Publisher:	The University of Michigan

Member Page:	Community Books
Citation APA MLA Chicago Tacitus, B. C. (1871). Annals, From the Death of the Divine Augustus. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
The Annals was Tacitus's final work, covering the period from the death of Augustus Caesar in the year 14. He wrote at least 16 books, but books 7-10 and parts of books 5, 6, 11 and 16 are missing. Book 6 ends with the death of Tiberius and books 7-12 presumably covered the reigns of Caligula and Claudius. The remaining books cover the reign of Nero, perhaps until his death in June 68 or until the end of that year, to connect with the Histories. The second half of book 16 is missing (ending with the events of the year 66). We do not know whether Tacitus completed the work or whether he finished the other works that he had planned to write; he died before he could complete his planned histories of Nerva and Trajan, and no record survives of the work on Augustus Caesar and the beginnings of the Empire with which he had planned to complete his work as a historian.

Excerpt
Es ist gewiss ein wunderbares Ereigniss, dass am Ende des Zeitraums der romischen Litteratur, welcher zwar viel des Geistreichen und Vorzuglichen, aber noch mehr Verrungen hervorgebracht hat, in weichem sich neben der sittlichen Versukenbeit eine grosse Verweichlichung und Entkraflung auch in der Litteratur zeight und nach welchem der entschiedene Verfall der romischen Lutteratur beginnt, ein Schrifsteller auftritt, der zu den ausgezeichnetsten und grossartigsten Erscheinungen der classichen Litteratur uberhaupt gezahlt werden muss.