Annals by Tacitus

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*Annals* by Tacitus is a major work of Roman historiography that chronicles the early Roman Empire, particularly the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, with a critical and often dramatic narrative style.

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instanceOf Latin literature
Roman historiography
history book
author Tacitus
booksPartiallySurviving Book 11
Book 16
Book 5
Book 6
booksSurvivingCompletely Books 12–15
Books 1–4
canonicalStatus major work of Roman historiography
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
coversReignOf Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
surface form: Claudius

Caligula
surface form: Gaius Caligula

Nero
Tiberius
dividedInto books
focusesOn Senate–emperor relations
imperial court politics
moral decline of Rome
follows Res Gestae Divi Augusti
genre historical narrative
political history
includesEvent Great Fire of Rome
Sejanus
surface form: conspiracy of Sejanus

persecution of Christians under Nero
trial and death of Agrippina the Younger
influenced early modern political thought
later Roman historians
language Latin
literaryFeature concise and epigrammatic style
psychological characterization
speeches inserted into narrative
literaryPeriod Silver Age of Latin literature
lostBooks Books 7–10
narrativeStyle critical
dramatic
numberOfBooksOriginally 16
originalTitle Ab excessu divi Augusti
portrays Nero as tyrannical
Tiberio: Historia de un resentimiento
surface form: Tiberius as complex and ambiguous
prequelTo Tacitus’ Histories
surface form: Histories (Tacitus)
structure annalistic
studiedIn ancient history
classical philology
subject Julio-Claudian dynasty
early Roman Empire
timePeriodCovered AD 14–68

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Agrippina the Elder portrayedIn Annals by Tacitus
Agrippina the Younger portrayedIn Annals by Tacitus
Lollia Paulina describedIn Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus, Annals
Year of the Four Emperors historicalSource Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus’s Histories
Sejanus mentionedIn Annals by Tacitus
Great Fire of Rome mentionedInWork Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus' Annals
murder of Claudia Octavia isDescribedIn Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Annals of Tacitus
Pisonian conspiracy isDescribedIn Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus’ Annals
Poppaea Sabina portrayedIn Annals by Tacitus
The Death of Germanicus inspiredBy Annals by Tacitus
Agricola relatedWorkByAuthor Annals by Tacitus
subject surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)
this entity surface form: Annals (Tacitus)
Suicide of Nero describedIn Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus' Annals
amphitheatre of Pompeii mentionedIn Annals by Tacitus
subject surface form: Amphitheatre of Pompeii
this entity surface form: Tacitus’ Annals
Vannius mentionedIn Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Annals of Tacitus
Iceni mentionedInSource Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus’s Annals
Battle of Idistaviso historicalSource Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus’s Annals
Pompeia Paulina historicalSource Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Annals of Tacitus
Livilla portrayedIn Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus’ Annals
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (as governor of Syria) source Annals by Tacitus
subject surface form: Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso
this entity surface form: Tacitus’s Annals
Subrius Flavus mentionedIn Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Tacitus' Annals
Faenius Rufus describedIn Annals by Tacitus
this entity surface form: Annals (Tacitus)
Gaius Silius describedIn Annals by Tacitus
Rufrius Crispinus mentionedIn Annals by Tacitus
Valeria Messalina portrayedIn Annals by Tacitus