false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg 448718 37 History as fact, rhetoric, psychology and art. In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the period from AD14, just before the death of Augustus, to the death of Nero in AD68. Not all the passages have survived, but in those that have the depth and diversity of genius are manifest. From a vicious, vituperative biography of Tiberius to the more straightforward accounts of Gaius (Caligula), Claudius and Nero, which reveal an extraordinary gift for pictorial description, the Annals carry conviction both as a work of art and as a history. Michael Grant's tranlation of The Annals is a fine one. It captures the emotional patriotism of Tacitus's moral tone, offset by a lucid understanding that Rome is doomed, and conveys with vigour the lives of the great emperors who laid the foundations of modern Europe. 1746266 book 30 6 1956 The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics) total:303|5:84|4:102|3:102|2:13|1:2| 303 1162 511 29 448718 0140440607 9780140440607 275 24 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448718.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 4 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Sep 15 06:52:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 01 02:13:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 448718 0140440607 9780140440607 275 24 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448718.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 0 0 false Tue Oct 06 06:44:23 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 07:24:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 448718 0140440607 9780140440607 275 24 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448718.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 5 1 false Wed Aug 13 21:47:48 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 21:47:53 -0700 2008 448718 0140440607 9780140440607 275 24 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448718.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 15:42:08 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 21:11:02 -0700 2007
The basis for the mini-series "I, Claudius," Tacitus' "...more...]]> 801064 0198144210 9780198144212 1 1 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/801064.The_Annals 5 0 false Sun Mar 29 13:03:48 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 13:14:04 -0700 2009
Tacitus is a really fun historian to cover. For all of his "sine ira et studio" (unbiased) claims, he clearly has a bone to pick wi...more...]]> 448718 0140440607 9780140440607 275 24 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448718.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 5 0 true Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:49:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 18:53:34 -0700 2009
Eh, I finished. Now I totally know why Rome fell.


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I can only surmise that it is even better in the original La...more...]]> 448718 0140440607 9780140440607 275 24 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448718.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 5 0 false Sun Jun 14 11:31:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 11:31:06 -0700 2009 681787 8449417090 9788449417092 1 1 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/681787.Los_Anales 5 0 false Tue Feb 03 19:45:25 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 19:46:41 -0800 2009 448718 0140440607 9780140440607 275 24 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448718.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 3 0 false Sat Jun 07 21:54:26 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 22:46:17 -0700 2008 253833 0872205584 9780872205581 11 1 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164808m/253833.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253833.The_Annals 3 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 20:18:52 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 16:21:01 -0700 2007 The Annals very quickly for class or I would have enjoyed it more. I did learn more about the writing of history from my seminar on it...]]> 448718 0140440607 9780140440607 275 24 3.83 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174867589m/448718.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448718.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 4 0 false Wed Apr 02 10:45:30 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 10:47:34 -0700 2008 25687 1420926683 9781420926682 4 1 3.83 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25687.The_Annals_of_Imperial_Rome 5 0 false Thu Apr 19 10:09:46 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 10:11:12 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=448718