Tacitus: 46 books

'He was atrocious in his brutality, but his lechery was kept hidden... In the end, he erupted into an orgy of crime and ignominy alike' Such is Tacitus' obituary of Tiberius, and he is no less caustic in his opinion of the weak and cuckolded Claudius and the 'artist' Nero. The Annals is a gripping...

`Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian...

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory Cornelius Tacitus, senator and a historian of the Roman Empire (56A.D.-117) This ebook presents «A Dialogue Concerning Oratory», from Cornelius Tacitus. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of...

"Out of the first six Annals of Tacitus, with his account of German and Life of Agricola." According to Wikipedia: "Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. AD 56 after 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine...

Christmas Summary Classics This series contains summary of Classic books such as Emma, Arne, Arabian Nights, Pride and prejudice, Tower of London, Wealth of Nations etc. Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. One who wants to get joy of book reading especially...

Histories (Latin: Historiae) is a book by Tacitus, written c. 100-110, which covers the Year of Four Emperors following the downfall of Nero, the rise of Vespasian, and the rule of the Flavian Dynasty (69-96) up to the death of Domitian. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

In AD68 Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, though not of chaos. In the surviving books of his Histories the barrister-historian Tacitus, writing some thirty years after the events he describes, gives us a detailed...

“Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.” - Saul Alinsky. Strategy Six Pack 4 presents another diverse collection of tactical texts distilled into one mega-manual for military scientists: The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal by...

The book Germania by Tacitus, with Latin-English facing-page translation.

The book Agricola by Tacitus, with Latin-English facing-page translation.

Contents: 1. An account of Egypt from The Histories, by Herodotus 2. Germany, by Tacitus 3. Sir Francis Drake Revived, by Philip Nichols 4. Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World, by Francis Pretty 5. Drake's Great Armada, by Captain Walter Bigges 6. Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland,...

Die ethnographische Schrift "Germania" des römischen Historikers Tacitus zählt - aus naheliegenden Gründen - im ›heutigen Germanien‹ zu den unverwüstlichen Klassikern des lateinischen Literaturunterrichts. Interessant sind freilich nicht nur die darin beschriebenen Gebräuche der...

Aus: Gerlach/Wackernagel, Tacitus Germania, Basel 1837 »So oft sie nicht in den Krieg ziehen, bringen sie nicht viel mit Jagen, mehr in Muße hin; nur auf Schlaf und Essen bedacht; der Tapferste und Kriegerischste ist unthätig; des Hauses, der Hausgötter und der Äcker Sorge...

Kings were the original Magistrates of Rome: Lucius Brutus founded Liberty and the Consulship: Dictators were chosen occasionally, and used only in pressing exigencies. Little more than two years prevailed the supreme power of the Decemvirate, and the consular jurisdiction of the military Tribunes...