The Histories, by Tacitus, translated by W. Hamilton Fyfe
by Cornelius Tacitus
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About this eBook
- Author
- Tacitus, Cornelius, 56-117
- Title
- Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II
- Credits
- Produced by Justin Kerk, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net HTML file revised by David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta
- Subject
- Rome -- History -- Civil War, 68-69
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 16927
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16927
- Release Date
- October 23, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TACITUS THE HISTORIES
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.SUMMARY OF CHIEF EVENTS — Transcriber's note — TACITUS THE HISTORIES
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.INTRODUCTION
- 6.SUMMARY OF CHIEF EVENTS
- 7.BOOK I — Preface — The State of the Empire — Galba's Position — The Distribution of Forces — The German Revolt and the Adoption of Piso — Galba's Measures of Precaution — The Rise of Otho — The Fall of Galba — Otho on the Throne — Dramatis Personae — The Rise of Vitellius — The March of Valens' Column — The March of Caecina's Column — Otho's Government and the Distribution of Forces — Otho's Plans
- 8.BOOK II — Vespasian and the East — The Trial of Annius Faustus — Otho's Measures of Defence — The Decisive Struggle — Vitellius' Principate — The Revolt of Vespasian — Vitellius in Rome — TACITUS THE HISTORIES
- 9.SUMMARY OF CHIEF EVENTS
- 10.BOOK III — Antonius' Advance — Dissension in Vitellius' Camp — The Engagement near Cremona — The Fate of Cremona — Vitellius — The State of the Provinces — Antonius' Advance from Cremona — Vitellius' Measures of Defence — The Passage of the Apennines — The Abdication of Vitellius and the Burning of the Capitol — The Taking of Tarracina — The Sack of Rome and the end of Vitellius
- 11.BOOK IV — Rome after the Fall of Vitellius — The Revolt of Civilis and the Batavi — The Mutiny of the Batavian Cohorts — The Siege of Vetera — The Relief of Vetera — Rome and the Empire under Vespasian — The Loss of Germany — The Ebb-tide of Revolt — Events in Rome and in the East
- 12.BOOK V — The Conquest of Judaea — The End of the German Revolt
- 13.INDEX OF NAMES
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