By Cornelius Tacitus; Michael Grant
Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the main historic occasions from the years almost immediately earlier than the dying of Augustus as much as the loss of life of Nero in advert sixty eight. With readability and shiny depth he describes the reign of terror lower than the corrupt Tiberius, the good hearth of Rome in the course of the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies and murders that have been a part of imperial lifestyles. regardless of his declare that the Read more...
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I owe an acknowledgement to the Cambridge University Press for allowing me to include in this Introduction certain passages from my book Roman Literature. Amendments incorporated in reprints are owed to Professor M. I. Finley, Professor E. N. Lane, Professor Sir Ronald Syme, Mr K. Wellesley and Professor E. C. Woodcock. I am also very grateful to Dr E. V. Rieu and Mrs Betty Radice, successive editors of Penguin Classics, for their help. G. THE ANNALS OF IMPERIAL ROME PART ONE TIBERIUS CHAPTER 1 From Augustus to Tiberius * WHEN Rome was first a city, its rulers were kings.
They had profited from the revolution, and so now they liked the security of the existing arrangement better than the dangerous uncertainties of the old régime. Besides, the new order was popular in the provinces. There, government by Senate and People was looked upon sceptically as a matter of sparring dignitaries and extortionate officials. The legal system had provided no remedy against these, since it was wholly incapacitated by violence, favouritism, and – most of all – bribery. To safeguard his domination Augustus made his sister’s son Marcellus a priest and a curule aedile – in spite of his extreme youth – and singled out Marcus Agrippa, a commoner but a first-rate soldier who had helped to win his victories, by the award of two consecutive consulships; after the death of Marcellus, Agrippa was chosen by Augustus as his son-in-law.
There, government by Senate and People was looked upon sceptically as a matter of sparring dignitaries and extortionate officials. The legal system had provided no remedy against these, since it was wholly incapacitated by violence, favouritism, and – most of all – bribery. To safeguard his domination Augustus made his sister’s son Marcellus a priest and a curule aedile – in spite of his extreme youth – and singled out Marcus Agrippa, a commoner but a first-rate soldier who had helped to win his victories, by the award of two consecutive consulships; after the death of Marcellus, Agrippa was chosen by Augustus as his son-in-law.