Greek and Roman- Tacitus' Annals

Greek and Roman Student’s Name Institution Greek and Roman The works of the Cornelius Tacitus are the only existing histories today. People have often criticized the facts of Tacitus, but he has always been admired been admired for his morally charged narrative styles. The Annals is skillful prose that accounts half of the Roman History. It is also a compassionate evaluation of all the horrors of imperial despotism. Additionally, some of the earliest manuscripts are referred to as Annals. Tacitus saw a gradual decline in the Roman History from a prehistoric golden age where there were no but with time laws became a necessity and later an abominable evil. Annals start to form the reign of Tiberius to Claudius and Nero. The autocr...