Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: History
Binding: Vellum
Description: Cornelius Tacitus P. Quinq libri Augusti historiarum divi Cornelli Taciti ab exccessu divi... Florence: Philippi Iuntae, 1527 title and A2 with marginal repairs, some early marginalia, DL Cumming signature Vellum bound Size 4 1/4 by 6 3/4" ublius Cornelius Tacitus ( c.?AD 56 – c.?120) was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals (Latin: Annales) and the Histories (Latin: Historiae)—examine the reigns of the emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD). These two volumes, however with significant gaps in the extant texts, cover the history of the Roman Empire from the death of Augustus (14 AD) until the death of Domitian (96 AD). Other works by Tacitus address Germania (in De origine et situ Germanorum), oratory (in dialogue form, see Dialogus de oratoribus), and his father-in-law Agricola (the general who commanded most of the Roman conquest of Britain), with particular emphasis on his campaign in Britannia (De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae). Tacitus's Annals are noteworthy because they include the first non-Biblical mention of Jesus' crucifixion as well as an early narrative of Christian persecution.
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