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The Histories

by Tacitus
Rhiannon Ash
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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 account based on excellent authorities. In the 'long but single year' of revolution four emperors emerge in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian - who established the Flavian dynasty.
Rhiannon Ash stays true to the spirit of Wellesley's prose whilst making the translation more accessible to modern readers.

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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Kindle Book

  • Release date: June 25, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9780141942483
  • Release date: June 25, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9780141942483
  • File size: 7964 KB
  • Release date: June 25, 2009

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subjects

History Sociology Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1350
Text Difficulty:11-12

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 account based on excellent authorities. In the 'long but single year' of revolution four emperors emerge in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian - who established the Flavian dynasty.
Rhiannon Ash stays true to the spirit of Wellesley's prose whilst making the translation more accessible to modern readers.

Expand title description text
History Sociology Nonfiction