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 Claudius
Gaius Caligula
linked to: 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
conspiracy of Sejanus
linked to: 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
Tiberius as complex and ambiguous
prequelTo 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 Tacitus, Annals
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Year of the Four Emperors historicalSource Tacitus’s Histories
linked to: Annals by Tacitus
Sejanus mentionedIn Annals by Tacitus
Great Fire of Rome mentionedInWork Tacitus' Annals
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murder of Claudia Octavia isDescribedIn Annals of Tacitus
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Pisonian conspiracy isDescribedIn Tacitus’ Annals
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Poppaea Sabina portrayedIn Annals by Tacitus
The Death of Germanicus inspiredBy Annals by Tacitus
Agricola (Tacitus) relatedWorkByAuthor Annals (Tacitus)
subject linked to: Agricola
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Suicide of Nero describedIn Tacitus' Annals
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Amphitheatre of Pompeii mentionedIn Tacitus’ Annals
subject linked to: amphitheatre of Pompeii
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Vannius mentionedIn Annals of Tacitus
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Iceni mentionedInSource Tacitus’s Annals
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Battle of Idistaviso historicalSource Tacitus’s Annals
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Pompeia Paulina historicalSource Annals of Tacitus
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Livilla portrayedIn Tacitus’ Annals
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Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso source Tacitus’s Annals
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Subrius Flavus mentionedIn Tacitus' Annals
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Faenius Rufus describedIn Annals (Tacitus)
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Gaius Silius describedIn Annals by Tacitus
Rufrius Crispinus mentionedIn Annals by Tacitus
Valeria Messalina portrayedIn Annals by Tacitus