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'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 account of the Roman
emperors who followed Augustus, the founder of the imperial system,
and of the murders, sycophancy, plotting, and oppression that
marked this period in Rome. Tacitus provides the earliest and most
detailed account of Boudicca's rebellion in Britain, and his
history also relates the great fire of Rome in the reign of Nero,
and the persecution of the Christians that followed. He deplores
the depravity of the emperors, whose behaviour he sees as proof of
the corrupting force of absolute power. J. C. Yardley's translation
is vivid and accurate, and Anthony A. Barrett's introduction and
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