This series of short incisive books introduces major figures of the
ancient world to the modern general reader, including the
essentials of each subject's life, works, and significance for
later western civilisation. Tacitus is arguably the most
significant writer of the Roman imperial period. His biting
creativity is best known to us through his historical narratives.
The Histories ruthlessly depicts the disastrous civil wars which
exploded in AD 68-9, while the Annals chillingly documents the
murky principates of the Julio-Claudian emperors from Tiberius to
Nero. Tacitus is driven throughout by a desire to reveal escalating
corruption and selfish ambitions and to demonstrate how and why
such a debased world evolved after the death of Augustus. This book
sets Tacitus clearly in context, surveying all his works and
clarifying the traditions of ancient writing that informed and
shaped his narratives. It also traces how his works have been used
and abused in subsequent eras.
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