The Histories of Caius Cornelius Tacitus: With Notes For Colleges, by W.S. Tyler ...

Tacitus (c. 55 c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire. What survives of Histories covers the dramatic years 69 70. What survives of Annals tells an often terrible tale of 14 28, 31 37, and, partially, 47 66.