The Annals - Tacitus, John Jackson
Category: History
Narrator: Martyn Swain
Tags: History, Classic, Literature
Duration: 17 hrs and 1 min, [Translated by John Jackson], The Annals, written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (56c-120 CE), originally comprised of 18 volumes, books 7 to 10 and parts of books 5, 6, 11 and 16 have been lost, but those that remain tell the fascinating tale of the Julio Claudian emperors and their times. Writing many years after their deaths, in the reign of the emperor Trajan, but still within living memory of his subjects, Tacitus describes the corrupting nature of Roman society with an analytical eye and a critical mind, seeking to present an accurate and considered view of the key events and characters of the preceding century., His descriptions of the lives and deaths of the Julio Claudian emperors (14-68 CE) paint portraits of some of the most monstrous and notorious individuals the world has ever seen: he describes the gradual moral decay and corruption of the hypocritical Tiberius; the weakness of the unfortunate Claudius and his infamous wives Messallina and Agrippin
