The Histories

<p>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.<br><br>In the surviving books of his <i>Histories </i>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.<br><br>Rhiannon Ash stays true to the spirit of Wellesley's prose whilst making the translation more accessible to modern readers.</p> <p>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.<br><br>In the surviving books of his <i>Histories </i>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.<br><br>Rhiannon Ash stays true to the spirit of Wellesley's prose whilst making the translation more accessible to modern readers.</p>